The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of the R Aquarii binary star system from 2014-2023. The images have been time ...

When galaxies collide, it's not a gentle affair, but it does take millions of years. Over this time, the two massive star ...

A new rainbow spectrum from the STELES instrument on Chile's SOAR Telescope captures Eta Carinae in unprecedented detail.

A discovery of binary stars could be the first step in building a more complete picture of how our galaxy formed, according ...

Contact binary stars are systems in which both stellar components share a common envelope, resulting in complex interactions and energy transfer. These systems exhibit characteristic light curves that ...

The discovery could lead to the finding of more planets. Astrophysicists are marveling at the latest celestial discovery made near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. Scientists have uncovered ...

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a rapidly spinning neutron star that is gravitationally bound to a helium star companion. The discovery of this unusual binary system helps confirm a long ...

The binary star system NGC 3603-A1 is one of the most massive binaries ever discovered in the Milky Way Galaxy. NGC 3603-A1 is located in a dazzling cluster of stars known as NGC 3603, located some 25 ...

An international team of researchers led by PD Dr Florian Peißker has found the first binary star in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* (Sagittarius A star) at the centre of ...