A global team of researchers led by Indian scientists has made a world-first discovery of a blue straggler star hosting a ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Binary, or base two, is the number system that computer systems use, as opposed to the decimal, or ...

Astronomers have spotted an unusual binary system with two objects in close proximity. This is the first time that a brown ...

Using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Chinese astronomers have observed a gamma-ray binary system known as PSR J2032+4127. Results of the new observations, published February 3 on the arXiv ...

M33 X-7 contains a massive black hole orbiting a large star in a surprisingly close orbit. The star is dimmer than expected due to its rapid mass gain and viewing angle. A new model explains the ...

In the last two years, astronomers discovered several exoplanets in binary systems: two stars locked in mutual orbit. These systems come in several types, with the planet orbiting one or both stars.

The binary system, named GJ 896AB, consists of two red dwarf stars that orbit each other They complete one orbit in 229 years The study will provide an answer to how planets are formed Astronomers ...