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, ...

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

What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, ...

A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow ...

NASA’s IXPE has peered into a nearby white dwarf system, revealing towering X-ray emitting gas columns and hidden stellar ...

Some stars in our galaxy, known as hypervelocity stars, move much faster than most other stars in the Milky Way. In fact, they are traveling so fast that our galaxy's gravity can't hold onto them and ...

Experts observed the white dwarf star RXJ0528+2838 through the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, and were ...

Astronomers have chased hypervelocity stars for more than a century. These rare objects move so fast that the Milky Way ...

NASA’s IXPE has just revealed the hidden geometry of a white dwarf’s cosmic feeding frenzy—using X-rays to see what no ...

NASA’s IXPE captures the first X-ray polarization data from a white dwarf system, detailing observations of EX Hydrae and ...

Astronomers directly imaged a massive young planet orbiting two tightly bound stars at solar-system-like distances.

The vast majority of stars form and reside within galaxies due to the presence of cold, dense molecular gas clouds conducive to star formation. True intergalactic space, characterized by low-density ...