According to a legend, more than two centuries ago, a famous Paris astronomer used to stand on one of the Seine bridges on nights when the variable star Algol was in eclipse, to point out this ...

In this artist's view, the larger, cooler star in the Algol pair deeply eclipses the smaller, brighter star every 2.9 days. We can easily see the eclipse as a dramatic change in Algol's brightness.

While children dress up as ghosts and goblins for halloween and get their bags and orange plastic pumpkins filled with candy, there's a ghoul in the night sky above and it's called Algol, the Demon ...

It is easy to imagine the stars as stable, never changing as the turning Earth sends the constellations across the sky and as we round the sun through the year, the evening's starry offerings shift.

Dr. Lauri Jetsu from the University of Helsinki has analysed observations of Algol. He argues that Algol has many companion stars which have not been detected from earlier observations. The results ...

The constellation Perseus the Champion is between Cassiopeia and the Plieades star cluster. The Double Cluster appears here as three dots within the figure's head; Algenib, the brightest star is ...

The sky facing east around 6:30 p.m. local time. Use the moon and the bright, white star Capella to draw a triangle to Algol. You can also use the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) cluster and Capella. Algol's ...

Algol makes up one of the "eyes" of Medusa's head that Perseus carries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...