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Astronomers have developed the most realistic model to date of planet formation in binary star systems. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and the Max Planck Institute for ...

Our life-filled, watery planet is special. But exactly how special? Scientists are busy trying to find far-flung planets similar to our own, but they may have been missing a treasure trove of ...

Artist’s impression of a double sunset on a binary-star planet. In May 2022, astronomers published a study exploring whether planets orbiting 2 stars can support life. Image via NRAO/ S. Dagnello. On ...

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 structures such as ...

Astronomers have identified a rare type of binary star system containing a rapidly spinning millisecond pulsar and a helium star companion, formed via common envelope evolution. Although such systems ...

Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with two yolks. In a similar way, astrophysicists like us who study supermassive ...