Astronomers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and elsewhere report the discovery of a binary system ...

Astronomers have discovered a record-breaking binary system, ZTF J1239+8347, which is a record-breaking case of two ‘failed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a binary star system, two stars orbit around each other. ESO/L. Calçada, CC BY Stars are the fundamental building blocks of our ...

Faint flickers in the night sky have puzzled astronomers for decades. These subtle changes in brightness come from violent ...

Binary star systems have always captured people’s imagination, but this video looks at them as real places humanity might one ...

Scientists discover binary asteroids near Earth can trade rocks and dust through slow collisions, revealing clues about ...

M33 X-7 contains a massive black hole orbiting a large star in a surprisingly close orbit. The star is dimmer than expected due to its rapid mass gain and viewing angle. A new model explains the ...

Mark your calendars because sometime around 2083 a star as bright as Sirius will suddenly appear in the night sky. Based on 130 years of telescopic photographs, astronomers Bradley E. Schaefer, Juhan ...

Astronomers have developed the most realistic model to date of planet formation in binary star systems. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and the Max Planck Institute for ...