Caption Until now, the binary star system Capella appeared in visible light telescopes as a single "star" larger than the red dotted circle. FIRST was able to resolve the two stars and, based on ...

Astronomers have spotted pure chaos lurking in the cosmos. Thousands of light years away from Earth, a small yet intensely ...

A dead star 27,400 light-years away appears to be having one of the most epic stellar discos we've ever seen. In the binary ...

There were thus disclosed spectroscopic binary stars, systems with components ... Some of the more famous of these new stars are Capella, Polaris, Xi Ursae Majoris, Kappa Pegasi, Castor, Spica ...

Problem solved? If the problem is supplying enough lithium to build batteries for all the electric vehicles that will be needed by 2030, then a new lithium deposit in Arkansas might be a ...

The "failed star" Gliese 229B has been revealed to be ... The revelation means that Gliese 229B is a "first-of-its-kind" tight brown dwarf binary, increasing the hope other such exotic systems ...

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

The neutron star 4U 1820-30 is one of the fastest spinning bodies in the universe, spinning at 716 times a second and ...

Some of the most interesting binary stars are close pairings, where one compact component, typically a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole, is accreting mass from the other component, typically a ...

Binary systems of stars are as common as single stars. This original text provides a pedagogical and comprehensive introduction to binary stars. The author combines theory and observations at all ...

Pairs circle around each other using different methods of travel to represent binary stars - a star system where both stars orbit around their common centre of mass. Then pairs and small groups ...

NON-BINARY star Emma Corrin is being lined up to play Keira Knightley’s role in Pride And Prejudice. The Crown actor, 28, is the favourite of script writer Dolly Alderton to portray Elizabeth ...