An international team of researchers has identified a binary star system orbiting near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. This is the first ...

D9 is the first star pair ever found near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. This image shows an emission line of hydrogen mapped by the SINFONI instrument ...

Binary star systems, or pairs of stars that orbit around each other, are very common. In fact, it’s estimated that 85% of stars in the universe have at least one companion.

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 ...

For the first time, a team of astronomers have observed a binary star system that is destined to end in a type 1a supernova in this new study. The stars’ close proximity to us is an added bonus.

HFG1 features a prominent bluish arc-shaped shock wave, known as a bow shock, created as the binary star system V664 Cas speeds through our Milky Way galaxy. Bow shocks are crescent-shaped ...

This unusual system 'shouldn't exist,' says one astronomer, who notes the orbit is as long as his daily commute. By Briley Lewis Published Aug 8, 2023 6:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

Binary star system detected near Sagittarius A*. Binary stars often appear as a single object in the night sky to the naked eye, but can often be detected with telescopes and the data they provide.

In the new study, the researchers found that, for planets with large orbits around star pairs, only about 1 out of 8 were kicked out of the system. The rest were stable enough to continue to orbit ...

Returning to the binary star system we're looking at with Curiel's 3D diagram, this particular pair, called GJ 896AD, is importantly made up of two red dwarfs -- aka the smallest, ...

One of them has yielded the first compelling evidence of a binary star system — called D9 — orbiting the galactic center. This pair of stars orbit each other about once a year.