Apples-to-apples comparisons in the distant universe are hard to come by. Whether the subject is dwarf galaxies, supermassive black holes, or “hot Jupiters,” astronomers can spend months or years ...

New Hubble observations explain how blue straggler stars form, showing that binary systems in low-density clusters play a key role ...

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"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of ...

Scientists have long speculated about the possibility of our Sun having a twin star, a theory that has gained traction with recent data. The evidence and implications of a potential solar sibling shed ...

Astronomers have captured a rare and remarkably close view of a giant planet circling a pair of tightly bound suns, offering one of the clearest real-world echoes yet of the fictional world Tatooine.

Astronomers report the discovery of a new binary system, designated LAMOST J065816.72+094343.1. The newfound binary consists ...

N-body simulations of primordial binaries and tidal capture in open clusters / Sverre J. Aarseth -- When and how can binary data test stellar models / Birgitta Nordstrom / Johannes Anderson -- ...