September 2017
Binary stars and their extraordinary lives
..., validating Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, although the origin of such systems remains a matter of some debate. A binary future Binary stars are as vital to astrophysics today as they were in the 17th century to Kepler and Newton. They can...
16 April 2021
Five double star systems potentially suitable for life identified by researchers
... team then analysed the habitable zone around nine known binary star systems with giant planets to determine if they were ... Science at New York University Abu Dhabi. Of the nine binary star systems studies, all of which were discovered by the Kepler...
01 February 2021
Astronomers find a rare six star system with three eclipsing binaries
... hours to a few days. Located about 1,900 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus is TYC 7037-89-1; a triple-binary sextuple star system. That in itself is quite exceptional as to date, only 17 such systems – none of which are all eclipsing...
03 February 2020
Researchers discover "invisible" stars too dim to be seen
... the team to learn more about the objects in the foreground rather than the distant star in the background. "We don't see this binary system at all, but from only seeing the effects that it created by acting as a lens...
13 December 2021
Did another star gatecrash our early Solar System?
... is one which orbits the primary (i.e. more massive) star of a binary system. To reach this conclusion, the research team performed 3D computer simulations of interacting stars and examined whether a star crashing into the planet-forming disk around...
01 March 2017
Researchers find first evidence for rocky planet formation around double stars
...first time found evidence of planetary debris surrounding a double star system. In a study led by a team from ...star systems,” said lead author, Dr Jay Farihi from UCL whose research is published in Nature Astronomy. "We know of thousands of binaries...
