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One such mystery, described in a recent paper in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, concerns circumbinary exoplanets—or rather, the shortage thereof—in the now 6,000+ exoplanets confirmed to date.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Scientists have perhaps discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen ...

Abstract: Binary stars range from solar systems with twin Suns to the most extreme environments in the universe: accreting black holes and neutron stars. Astronomers use binaries to study fundamental ...

This image indicates the location of the newly discovered binary star D9, which is orbiting Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. It is the first star pair ever ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of ...

Astronomers have strengthened long-standing predictions that massive runaway stars could have originated in binary pairs, and ...

In this picture, we capture the binary in the moment where the first white dwarf has just exploded, hurtling material towards its nearby companion which is on the cusp of explosion too. This event ...

Scientists have perhaps discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen. Not only does this system feature the first-ever "polar planet" to be discovered, meaning the world exists on a sideways ...

"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and exciting." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...