Collaboration has detected the merger of the most massive black holes ever observed with gravitational waves, using the US ...

Algol, also known as the Demon Star, loses some 70 percent of its light every three days. It's in Perseus the Hero, now ...

Astronomers from the Center of Astronomical and Space Education in Moscow report the discovery of a new star, which turned ...

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a rapidly spinning neutron star that is gravitationally bound to a helium star companion. The discovery of this unusual binary system helps confirm a ...

Contributed / Public domain with additions by Bob King The Algol system is an eclipsing binary — two stars in very close orbit about their common center of gravity.

Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Studying them can offer a rare glimpse into how stars can endure — at least briefly ...

Researchers find binary stars orbiting near Milky Way's supermassive black hole “Black holes are not as destructive as we thought,” the study's lead author said.

International researchers recently spotted a pair of stars orbiting around one another in surprisingly close proximity to Sagittarius A*.

A group of international researchers discover a binary star orbiting near a supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

What can binary stars comprised of two different types of stars teach astronomers about stellar evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as a team ...