Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: ow.ly/epTy30r36xo. In this video, find out what you can look for in the night sky in the next month, plus catch up on all the latest space news. From solving the mystery of what was left behind by supernova 1987A, to another fast radio burst detected from a magnetar at the same time as a gamma-ray burst, to the first direct image of a two-planet star system. #nightskynews #stargazing #spacenews

Plot your own brightness curve for Betelgeuse (or any other star!): www.aavso.org/LCGv2/

Alexander Bohn’s academic webpage: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/alexander-bohn
Alexander’s social media: twitter.com/ajbohn

00:00 — Introduction
00:52 — Orion