Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy, confirming a hypothesis made by happenstance nearly a century ago ...

Binary star orbits are oriented randomly. Sometimes, it happens that a telescope’s line of sight aligns with the plane a binary star system orbits on. This fortuitous alignment means the stars ...

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. The newly-discovered binary star system, which ...

In the search for life in our solar system, one of the most promising locations is Saturn's moon Titan. This unusual moon has atmosphere, weather, desert-like regions, and, perhaps most ...

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, coolest kind of ...

It’s actually part of a binary system, orbiting its companion every 3.6 hours. But for one-sixth of that orbit, the pulsar’s radiation is blocked—or eclipsed—by its companion.

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 ...

A binary star system would be far more likely to capture the Oort cloud. "Binary systems are far more efficient at capturing objects than are single stars," co-author Avi Loeb said in the statement.