Binary neutron star mergers, cosmic collisions between two very dense stellar remnants made up predominantly of neutrons, ...

A pair of stars orbiting one another has been found near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* using the European ...

Astronomers in China have observed a pulsar that becomes partially eclipsed by an orbiting companion star every few hours.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of the R Aquarii binary star system from 2014-2023. The images have been time ...

To address this difficulty, astrophysicists from Villanova drafted in artificial intelligence (AI) in the hope that it could take what appears to be a single point of stellar light in systems many ...

The never-before-seen "nova," dubbed V462 Lupi, recently appeared in the constellation Lupus, after suddenly becoming 4 ...

Chinese astronomers have observed an X-ray binary system designated IGR J19294+1816. As a result, they discovered multiple ...

The stars in a binary can vary widely in mass, size, and brightness, and their interactions often shape their evolution in dramatic ways. In some cases, the gravity from one star can drag material ...

Spica is a binary star system located 250 light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The waxing gibbous moon will ...

Astronomers may have identified a rare binary star system where one star orbits within the volume of its companion. This discovery opens a new window into the evolution of double star systems. The ...

When enough material accumulates, it triggers a sudden thermonuclear explosion, causing the system to brighten dramatically.

Astronomers have discovered a "teenage vampire" dead star in the process of devouring a companion star during a short-lived, "missing link" phase of its evolution.