For about three years now, scientists have been anticipating a nova explosion. Specifically, the explosion of the binary star T Coronae Borealis is expected ...
In theory, a planet may be able to orbit a binary star system in a figure of eight, but it may not be particularly stable, ...
What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, ...
Astronomers have confirmed a giant planet orbiting a tightly bound pair of young stars, marking a first in direct exoplanet imaging. The planet, known as HD 143811 AB b, is the closest-in world ever ...
Some stars in our galaxy, known as hypervelocity stars, move much faster than most other stars in the Milky Way. In fact, they are traveling so fast that our galaxy's gravity can't hold onto them and ...
An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Department of Physics at The University of Hong Kong ...
Is it a two-for-sun deal. Astronomers were blown away after discovering a bizarre exoplanet that orbits twin stars closer than any ever seen before in a binary star system, per a starry study ...