Tucked away in a star-forming region in the Taurus constellation, a pair of circling stars are displaying some unexpected ...

Our sun is a lonely star. At least half the stars in our galaxy have binary companions. This was nicely illustrated in the ...

These are the planets that will be visible with the naked eye. A rare parade of planets will light up the night sky ...

The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.

Binary star D9 found orbiting Sagittarius A* near Milky Way's core D9 formed near black hole, defying star formation theories Researchers plan future studies with advanced telescopes ...

It’s like having a stellar buddy system up there in space! By studying these binary star pairs, scientists can accurately measure the masses of stars, which is tricky to do with single stars. Plus, ...

Carbon-rich cosmic dust comes from different sources and spreads out into space, where it's necessary for life and for the ...

It also opens new possibilities for detecting planets near Sagittarius A*. “Black holes are not as destructive ... We zoom in and out on the black hole and the single stars orbiting it, to then get ...

A team of international researchers has identified the first-ever binary star system near Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, according to a new study.

The newly-discovered binary star system, which is home to two stars gravitationally ... The precise nature of many of the other objects – and, perhaps, even planets – orbiting Sagittarius ...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ...

Many stars in our galaxy exist in pairs. Now scientists are finding clues that our Sun may once have had a companion of its own. The question is, where did it go?