binary star systems
A Binary Star Found Surprisingly Close to the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers have already discovered many stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sgr A*.…
Astronomers Spot Three Interacting Systems with Twin Discs
Using the SPHERE instrument on the ESO's Very Large Telescope, a team of astronomers observed how interaction between disks affects…
A Recently Discovered Double Binary System is Unstable. Stars Could Collide, Leading to a Supernova
A quadruple binary star system may reveal a common source of the supernovae we use to measure the cosmos.
Slimmed Down Red Giants Had Their Mass Stolen By a Companion Star
Millions of stars that can grow up to 620 million miles in diameter, known as 'red giants,' exist in our…
This is how you get Tatooines. Binary Star Planet Formation
One of the less appreciated aspects of George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars was that he predicted the existence of…
A Nearby White Dwarf Might be About to Collapse Into a Neutron Star
A white dwarf star has been found that's more massive than our Sun, but about the same size as our…
There are Natural Starshades Out There, Which Would Help Astronomers Image Exoplanets
A new study by an international team of astronomers has shown that eclipsing binary stars could act as a natural…
Of the Two Stars in Alpha Centauri, One is Probably More Habitable than the Other
A new study has shown that the Alpha Centauri is not likely to support life and that one of its…
An Extremely Rare Gamma Ray Emitting Neutron Star Binary Has Been Found
The VERITAS collaboration recently discovered a binary system with a very high-energy gamma-ray neutron star, the rarest and most extreme…
Globular Clusters Might not be as Old as Astronomers Thought. Like, Billions of Years Younger
According to a new study by a team of astronomers, globular clusters are several billion years younger than previously thought.