"This is the most exciting and fascinating discovery in substellar astrophysics in decades," an astrophysicist said.

An international team of astronomers has conducted a multiwavelength study of an X-ray binary designated 1eRASS ...

This new finding suggests these emissions could be driven by magnetars or binary star systems, marking a significant leap in ...

A third, tenuously held companion to the known binary V404 Cygni may signal that at least some black holes form "gently." ...

Astronomers have discovered a "dead star" neutron star is spinning at an incredible 716 times a second, making it the joint fastest-spinning cosmic body ever seen. Not only this, but the neutron ...

"This discovery that Gliese 229B is binary not only ... straddle the line between stars and giant planets," team member and Caltech David Morrisroe Professor of Astronomy Dimitri Mawet said ...

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a neutron star in the Milky Way that rotates at an astonishing 716 times ...

These binary systems comprise a black hole and a secondary object — such as a star, a much denser neutron star, or another black hole — that spiral around each other, drawn together by the ...

The Blaze Star is part of a binary system; it has a companion star ... according to NASA. To astronomy enthusiasts, it will appear as if a new star appeared in the sky, Boyd said.

"Watch out for rambunctious stars. They are trouble," says Astronomy Editor David Eicher. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) just published a new photograph showing the stunning masterpiece that is R ...

A "zombie star" could possibly rise from the dead on Halloween night, according to space experts. T Coronae Borealis, also ...