New UNLV-led research is helping to unravel clues to a cosmic mystery that has eluded scientists for decades. Cataclysmic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a binary star system, two stars orbit around each other. ESO/L. Calçada, CC BY Stars are the fundamental building blocks of our ...

Binary star systems have always captured people’s imagination, but this video looks at them as real places humanity might one ...

Faint flickers in the night sky have puzzled astronomers for decades. These subtle changes in brightness come from violent ...

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 ...

Especially with the discovery of Pluto’s fifth moon in 2012, the distant icy planet and its largest moon Charon has gotten a lot of attention. You’ve undoubtedly heard Pluto referred to as the ...

M33 X-7 contains a massive black hole orbiting a large star in a surprisingly close orbit. The star is dimmer than expected due to its rapid mass gain and viewing angle. A new model explains the ...

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 ...