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A nearby binary star system is bereft of giant planets, but scientists think it may still be a decent place to look for life.

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 ...

A pair of rare, compact white dwarf stars that are set to collide in about 23 billion years have been spotted by researchers at the University of Warwick. After converging, the binary star system will ...

Some white dwarfs in rapid binary orbits are far hotter and larger than theory predicts. Researchers found that powerful tidal forces between them generate enough heat to inflate their sizes and ...

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found the hottest and most massive double star with components so close that they touch each other. The two stars in the ...

Interacting binary stars, a class of stellar systems consisting of two gravitationally bound stars, exhibit a rich diversity of phenomena driven by mass transfer and angular momentum exchange. In many ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered a pulsating ancient star in a double star system, which will allow them to access important information on the history of how stars like our ...

For many of us, light pollution has robbed our skies of once readily visible objects. That’s why many residential observers have turned away from nebulae and galaxies to pursue other targets, such as ...

Publisher from verso of t.p. Series from preface. I. Historical sketch: the early period -- II. Historical sketch: the modern period -- III. Observing methods, visual binary stars -- IV. The orbit of ...