NAOJ ATERUI III simulations show magnetic fields strip angular momentum from forming protostar pairs at up to 0.7 percent per ...

Astronomers have investigated a puzzling binary star system in which two stars that may have formed together now show ...

A pair of stars orbiting one another has been found near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* using the European ...

Astronomers believe they may have found evidence that one star in a faraway binary ...

A triple star system in which the stars all eclipse one another from our vantage point is standing out as one of the best ...

New simulations show that interactions with a magnetic field can work to decrease the distance between still forming binary ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising force that may help explain how binary star systems form so quickly. New supercomputer ...

Magnetic fields may be the hidden force bringing both newborn stars and giant black holes together. New computer simulations ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Long after it was theorized to exist, a new class of stars has been discovered by astronomers. Using the Shane Telescope at Lick Observatory in California ...

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 ...

Binary (or double) stars may in fact hinder life as we know it, new observations by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in northern Chile, reveal. Details of the millimeter ...