An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. It is the first time a stellar pair has ...

Stars are the fundamental building blocks of our universe. Most stars host planets, like our sun hosts our solar system, and ...

Classical novas, such as V462 Lupi, occur in a specific type of binary system, where a more massive white dwarf star is pulling material away from its larger partner.

Binary stars often appear as a single object in the night sky to the naked eye, but can often be detected with telescopes and the data they provide. The newly-discovered binary star system, which ...

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