A team of astronomers from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and other universities have captured the first direct image of a young binary ...

Contact binary stars are systems in which both stellar components share a common envelope, resulting in complex interactions and energy transfer. These systems exhibit characteristic light curves that ...

For many years, binary star research was as neglected as an old Tamagotchi. Not anymore. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Some 90s ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of three Earth-sized planets orbiting within a compact binary star system. This rare configuration, where planets circle two stars simultaneously, ...

Astronomers struggle to understand how planets form in binary star systems. Early models suggested that the gravitational tug-of-war between two stellar bodies would send young planets into eccentric ...

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How many Earth-sized exoplanets orbit binary star systems (two-star systems)? This is what a recent study accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has delivered stunning new images of R Aquarii, a rare and complex symbiotic binary star located about 700 light-years from Earth. This unique system, made up of a dying ...

An ultraprecise satellite tasked with mapping more than a billion stars across the galaxy has spotted something fascinating closer to home: 352 asteroids in the solar system that likely have their own ...