FAST observations reported by Universe Today and the University of Hong Kong identify a repeating fast radio burst whose ...

In theory, a planet may be able to orbit a binary star system in a figure of eight, but it may not be particularly stable, explain our readers ...

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

What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, mysterious, and eerily quiet, despite their mass and influence. Stellar-mass ...

For most people, gender is black and white. A binary consisting of two opposite identities: male or female. But not everyone feels this way. For some people, gender is more like a spectrum: a ...

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 ...

Measuring binary star systems' basic properties has proved exceedingly difficult. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This article ...