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

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

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

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

In theory, it could happen – one of the very first solutions to the three-body problem was this scenario. But it is very unlikely to be stable over time. You need the stars to have near equal mass and ...

University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high-mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a collision course to explode as a type 1a ...

Astronomers have confirmed a giant planet orbiting a tightly bound pair of young stars, marking a first in direct exoplanet imaging. The planet, known as HD 143811 AB b, is the closest-in world ever ...

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 ...

Located 3,080 light-years away, the system has a binary pair regularly eclipsed by a massive giant.

Simulations show magnetic fields can remove angular momentum from forming protostars, helping binary star systems form within ...