Astronomers have developed the most realistic model to date of planet formation in binary star systems. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and the Max Planck Institute for ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of three Earth-sized planets orbiting within a compact binary star system. This rare configuration, where planets circle two stars simultaneously, ...

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 structures such as ...

Astronomers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and elsewhere report the discovery of a binary system consisting of two brown dwarfs undergoing stable mass transfer. The detection of ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Our life ...

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 ...

Astronomers have observed primordial material that may be giving birth to three planetary systems around a binary star in unprecedented detail. Astronomers have observed primordial material that may ...

Measuring binary star systems' basic properties has proved exceedingly difficult. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...