What a surprise to discover a planet that instantly evokes the Star Wars universe! Instead of a single sun, it orbits two ...

A case of astronomical fratricide is doomed to end in a fiery supernova bright enough to be spotted from Earth during the day ...

Astronomers have captured a rare and remarkably close view of a giant planet circling a pair of tightly bound suns, offering ...

Dubbed HD 143811 AB b, the interstellar entity is a gas giant that’s located some 446 light-years away from Earth in a galaxy ...

Discovered in archival data, the newly identified exoplanet formed after the dinosaurs went extinct. In a finding that echoes ...

The binary star system NGC 3603-A1 is one of the most massive binaries ever discovered in the Milky Way Galaxy. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of astronomers led by Dr. Phil ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

Only 16 to 84 other examples of this exotic system may exist in our entire galaxy. Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner.

Apples-to-apples comparisons in the distant universe are hard to come by. Whether the subject is dwarf galaxies, supermassive black holes, or “hot Jupiters,” astronomers can spend months or years ...

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 ...

Astronomers have confirmed a giant planet orbiting a tightly bound pair of young stars, marking a first in direct exoplanet ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrej Prša, Villanova University (THE CONVERSATION) Stars are the fundamental ...