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, ...

Astronomers report the discovery of a new binary system, designated LAMOST J065816.72+094343.1. The newfound binary consists ...

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

An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Department of Physics at The University of Hong Kong ...

An international team of astronomers, including researcher from the Department of Physics at The University of Hong Kong (HKU ...

Astronomers have found compelling evidence that at least some fast radio bursts originate from stars in binary systems rather than from isolated objects. An international group of astronomers, ...

Thomas Friedman recently floated (subscription required) the new term "polycene" as a label for the complex world we live in.

Astronomers at Durham University and collaborators at the University of Warwick used the European Southern Observatory’s Very ...

A research team has successfully imaged a nova in high resolution—and the images suggest that the nova was not a single, impulsive explosion. A nova is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs in a ...

Artist's impression illustrating a binary-origin scenario for fast radio bursts. A magnetised plasma cloud, generated by a ...

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

Earth’s orbit around the Sun defines everything we take for granted. Day and night, the seasons, and the steady presence of ...