For the first time, astronomers have spotted a rapidly spinning neutron star that is gravitationally bound to a helium star ...

A large team of astronomers and astrophysicists affiliated with several institutions in China has discovered a binary star ...

The stars in a binary can vary widely in mass, size, and brightness, and their interactions often shape their evolution in ...

First detected in 2015, gravitational waves may not have had a direct hand in human evolution, but it certainly helped set ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a star acting unlike any other ever observed as it unleashes a curious ...

A small international team of astronomers has confirmed that a binary star system with an odd signal has a companion—a planet ...

Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner.

Astronomers have identified a rare type of binary star system containing a rapidly spinning millisecond pulsar and a helium star companion, formed via common envelope evolution. Although such ...

Astronomers have discovered a star 15,000 light-years away, emitting unusual radio waves and X-rays. Classified as a ...

A team of Chinese astronomers has discovered a binary star system, comprising a millisecond pulsar and a helium-rich ...

A planet twice the size of Jupiter has been confirmed in Nu Octantis. Its retrograde orbit and origin raise new questions about planetary formation in binary systems.

WASHINGTON: Astronomers have spotted a star acting unlike any other ever observed as it unleashes a curious combination of ...