Using NASA's Kepler space telescope, Chinese astronomers have observed a binary star system known as KIC 5623923. As a result ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has shown us images of space we’d never see otherwise, and one of the latest wonders it has ...

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

A nearby binary star system is bereft of giant planets, but scientists think it may still be a decent place to look for life.

The binary star system NGC 3603-A1 is one of the most massive binaries ever discovered in the Milky Way Galaxy. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of astronomers led by Dr. Phil ...

Washington DC — New theoretical work shows that gas-giant planet formation can occur around binary stars in much the same way that it occurs around single stars like the Sun. The work is presented ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

A team of astronomers from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and other universities have captured the first direct image of a young binary ...

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Apples-to-apples comparisons in the distant universe are hard to come by. Whether the subject is dwarf galaxies, supermassive black holes, or “hot Jupiters,” astronomers can spend months or years ...

An international team of researchers led by PD Dr Florian Peißker has found the first binary star in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* (Sagittarius A star) at the centre of ...

(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 ...