Bored by chocolates and jaded with roses? Give your sweetie the gift of the heavens for Valentine's Day this year.
I'm talking about the Valentine's Day star, which graces the skies with its brilliant red glow each year in early February.
—Image courtesy A. Dupree (CfA), R. Gilliland (STScI), NASA
Now, this isn't exactly a name recognized by the International Astronomical Union—officially the Valentine's Day star is called Betelgeuse (pronounced kinda like "beetlejuice").
The holiday-themed moniker was coined by famed stargazer Jack Horkheimer, and there's a bunch of reasons why it's pretty darn apt. So step one will be to understand why the star is so romantic, and step two will be to find it!
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