For about three years now, scientists have been anticipating a nova explosion. Specifically, the explosion of the binary star T Coronae Borealis is expected ...

Stars are the fundamental building blocks of our universe. Most stars host planets, like our Sun hosts our solar system, and if you look more broadly, groups of stars make up huge structures such as ...

In theory, a planet may be able to orbit a binary star system in a figure of eight, but it may not be particularly stable, ...

"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of ...

An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. It is the first time a stellar pair has been ...

An international team of researchers led by PD Dr Florian Peißker has found the first binary star in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* (Sagittarius A star) at the centre of ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is associated with wanton destruction, but a recent discovery throws that assumption into question. A team of international ...

Is it a two-for-sun deal. Astronomers were blown away after discovering a bizarre exoplanet that orbits twin stars closer than any ever seen before in a binary star system, per a starry study ...

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Researchers have figured out why V Sagittae is so gosh dang bright. We have more Betelbuddy news, and the little companion star to Betelgeuse is turning out to be an oddball. The unusual interaction ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrej Prša, Villanova University (THE CONVERSATION) Stars are the fundamental ...