Editing Aldebaran (section)

===In modern culture===
[[File:Nave Aldebaran.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|[[Italian frigate Aldebaran (F 590)|Italian frigate ''Aldebaran'' (F 590)]]]]
As the brightest star in a Zodiac constellation, it is given [[Stars in astrology#Aldebaran|great significance]] within [[astrology]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Partridge |first=Jamie |date=2015-04-30 |title=Fixed Star Aldebaran |url=https://astrologyking.com/aldebaran-star-alpha-tauri/ |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Astrology King |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521191338/https://astrologyking.com/aldebaran-star-alpha-tauri/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Irish singer and composer [[Enya]] has a piece released on her eponymous album in 1986, which lyricist [[Roma Ryan]] titled Aldebaran after the star in Taurus.

The name Aldebaran or Alpha Tauri has been adopted many times, including
* [[Aldebaran Rock]] in Antarctica
* United States Navy stores ship {{USS|Aldebaran|AF-10}} and {{ship|Italian frigate|Aldebaran|F 590|up=yes}}
* proposed micro-satellite launch vehicle [[Aldebaran (rocket)|Aldebaran]]
* French company [[Aldebaran Robotics]]
* Fashion brand [[AlphaTauri (fashion brand)|AlphaTauri]]
* [[Formula 1]] team [[Scuderia AlphaTauri]], active from {{F1|2020}} to {{F1|2023}}, previously known as [[Toro Rosso]]
* One of the chariot race horses owned by Sheikh Ilderim in the movie ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''

The star also appears in works of fiction such as ''[[Far from the Madding Crowd]]'' (1874) and ''[[Down and Out in Paris and London]]'' (1933).  It is frequently seen in [[science fiction]], including the [[Lensman series|''Lensman'' series]] (1948–1954), ''[[Fallen Dragon]]'' (2001) and passingly in Kim Stanley Robinson's "Blue Mars" (1996). Aldebaran is associated with [[Hastur]], also known as The King in Yellow, in the horror stories of [[Robert W. Chambers]].<ref>Harms, ''[[The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana]]'', p. 136.</ref>

In the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] episode 'Relics', [[Montgomery Scott]] and [[Captain Jean-Luc Picard]] drink "Aldebaran whisky".

Aldebaran regularly features in [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] as one of the origins of [[List of alleged extraterrestrial beings|extraterrestrial aliens]],<ref name=lafayette/> often linked to [[Nazi UFOs]].<ref name=vanhelsing/> A well-known example is the German conspiracy theorist [[Axel Stoll]], who considered the star the home of the [[Aryan#Nazism and white supremacy|Aryan race]] and the target of expeditions by the ''[[Wehrmacht]]''.<ref name=stoll/>

The planetary exploration probe ''[[Pioneer 10]]'' is no longer powered or in contact with Earth, but its trajectory is taking it in the general direction of Aldebaran.  It is expected to make its closest approach in about two million years.<ref name=cp48_1_41 />

The Austrian chemist [[Carl Auer von Welsbach]] proposed the name ''aldebaranium'' (chemical symbol Ad) for a [[rare earth element]] that he (among others) had found. Today, it is called [[ytterbium]] (symbol Yb).<ref name="Deu">{{cite journal|title=Die Zerlegung des Ytterbiums in seine Elemente|journal=Monatshefte für Chemie|volume=29|issue=2|date=1908|doi=10.1007/BF01558944|pages=181–225|first=Carl A.|last=von Welsbach|s2cid=197766399|url=https://zenodo.org/record/2348610|access-date=2021-09-13|archive-date=2021-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921144103/https://zenodo.org/record/2348610|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Fra">{{cite journal|title=Lutetium und Neoytterbium oder Cassiopeium und Aldebaranium – Erwiderung auf den Artikel des Herrn Auer v. Welsbach|date=1909|journal=Monatshefte für Chemie|volume=31|issue=10|doi=10.1007/BF01530262|first=G.|last=Urbain|page=1|s2cid=101825980|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1859372|access-date=2021-09-13|archive-date=2021-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029180506/https://zenodo.org/record/1859372|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=history>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/naturesbuildingb0000emsl|url-access=registration| pages= [https://archive.org/details/naturesbuildingb0000emsl/page/492 492]–494|title = Nature's building blocks: an A-Z guide to the elements| author =Emsley, John | publisher= Oxford University Press| date = 2003| isbn = 978-0-19-850340-8}}</ref>