"An M dwarf alone couldn't generate the amount of energy we're seeing. Our data suggests that it is in a binary with another ...

A team of astronomers from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has ...

Astronomers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence ...

This significant finding, published in The Astrophysical Journal, opens a new window into an extreme phase of stellar ...

Instead of high-tech spacecrafts, are intelligent aliens using stars to travel around the galaxy? That's what a new research ...

The universe is home to many fascinating objects. R Aquarii is a binary star system with a red giant and a white dwarf. Omega ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of binary star systems, consisting of a white dwarf and a main sequence star ...

"Since about half the stars in our galaxy are in binary systems where life might develop ... A spider pulsar is a pulsar with a companion, usually a red dwarf, a brown dwarf, or even a planetary ...

Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. This breakthrough offers new insights on an extreme ...

It could also provide insights into cosmic events like supernovae and gravitational waves, as binaries containing compact ...

In a "rite of passage," the JAXA/NASA X-ray telescope XRISM has mapped in detail Cygnus X-3, a curious binary system with a ...

Massive stars, as they near the end of their lives, undergo dramatic transformations. One of the most striking phases occurs ...