"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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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.

These events occur not when a massive star dies, but in a binary system when a white dwarf is fed hydrogen (and sometimes helium as well) by its companion star, until a tipping point is hit and ...

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