Binary Star Systems: Can They Teach Us How Planets Form?

Medicine & Technology Jun 25, 2024

Explore how binary star systems may teach us about planet formation. Dive into the article now for intriguing insights!

Enigmatic Pulsar Strips Plasma From Its Companion Star Then Releases Cosmic Cannonballs, Solving a Decade-Long Mystery

Sep 04, 2023

Astronomers may have deciphered pulsar J1023's puzzling rapid brightness changes, explaining its enigmatic behavior every few seconds. Check it out in this article.

Multiple Tatooine Worlds From Same Star System Picked Up For the Second Time; What Are These Planets?

Jun 13, 2023

The discovery of the new Tatooine world makes it the second-known one to orbit around binary stars. Read to learn more.

Ultra-Rare Binary Star System That Could Trigger Kilonova Detected 11,400 Light-years From Earth

Feb 01, 2023

Astronomers have achieved the first verified observation of a binary star system that is so rare only 10 of them exist in the Milky Way. Read the article to learn more about them.

Finding Extraterrestrial Life? Look for Binary Star Systems, Study Suggests

May 24, 2022

An international team of scientists discover new hints that would let us help find extraterrestrial life. Learn more about the theory and the possibility of finding a different life form in space.

Slimmer Red Giants Identified on Milky Way, Proves Weight Loss in Bigger Stars

Apr 18, 2022

A new astronomical study identifies over 40 red giants that are slimmer than the normal ones. Read more about the slimmer red giants and how they form.

Unicorn Star System Black Holes Are Actually Binary Stars, Study Finds

Apr 06, 2022

Astronomers discovered that many two-star systems disguise themselves as black holes. See how the stellar bodies obtain an appearance like the dark objects swirling in space

Binary Star 980 Light Years Away Discovered with Three Exoplanet Systems in Early Stage

Mar 15, 2022

Planetary groups, like our solar system, forms with just a single parent star. Read on to know about three exoplanet systems forming around two separate stellar bodies.

Exoplanet Larger Than Jupiter Detected Intact Under Binary System; Parent Stars Bigger and Hotter Than the Sun

Dec 09, 2021

A new exoplanet was discovered hovering naturally around the two parent stars in the beta Cantauri binary system.

Meet OPH 98, A Pair of Weird Binary Wandering Across The Universe

Jan 29, 2021

Astronomers discovered two strange objects orbiting each other. The cosmic curiosities, named OPH 98, turned out to be "failed stars" orbiting each other.

Researchers Find Novel Method of Analyzing the Densest Star Systems

Oct 13, 2020

A team from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) at Monash University in Australia proposes a new technique for analyzing some of the densest star systems in the Universe.

Exotic Peacocks of the Stellar World: A New Model for Colliding-Wind Binaries

Oct 12, 2020

A student from the University of Sydney has led a new paper describing the Apep star system - dubbed as "one of the exotic peacocks of the stellar world."

Teardrop Star Discovered by Amateur Astronomers

Mar 12, 2020

The "one-sided pulsator" was spotted in the Milky Way 15,000 lights years away from Earth.

Double Star System with an Alter Ego Discovered, NASA Reports

Feb 25, 2020

Cosmic 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' are spotted using NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory

Two Stars Create Immense Bursts of Gamma Rays, Says Scientists

Jan 15, 2020

Immense bursts of gamma rays are created by the orbit of binary stars. These GRBs are so powerful that it can be detected light-years away. It seems GRBs can only be created in perfect conditions that enable it to happen.