In this picture, the binary does not simply plow through surrounding gas and gradually slow down. Instead, the gas is tied to large-scale magnetic field lines that connect the inner disk to the outer ...

New simulations show that interactions with a magnetic field can work to decrease the distance between still forming binary protostars. These results can help explain the characteristics of the binary ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising force that may help explain how binary star systems form so quickly. New supercomputer simulations show that magnetic fields surrounding newborn stars can act ...

Planets may actually form more easily around double stars than around single stars like our sun, according to new research from astrophysicists at the University of Lancashire. Binary stars are common ...

When some stars die, they do not do so alone, potentially solving a long-standing mystery around a particular class of cosmic ...

(Nanowerk News) New simulations show that interactions with a magnetic field can work to decrease the distance between still forming binary protostars. These results can help explain the ...