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 ...

Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner. Pulsars are spinning neutron stars that emit twin beams of radio waves from their ...

Albireo (β Cygni), located in the constellation Cygnus, is a visually striking double star system easily observable due to its contrasting colors. Albireo's components, Beta1 (magnitude 3.4, golden ...

Only 16 to 84 other examples of this exotic system may exist in our entire galaxy. Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner.

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 ...

(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 ...