Scientists have uncovered a surprising force that may help explain how binary star systems form so quickly. New supercomputer ...

New simulations show that interactions with a magnetic field can work to decrease the distance between still forming binary ...

Magnetic fields may be the hidden force bringing both newborn stars and giant black holes together. New computer simulations ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of three Earth-sized planets orbiting within a compact binary star system. This rare configuration, where planets circle two stars simultaneously, ...

An international team of astronomers, including Professor Tom Marsh and Dr Danny Steeghs from the University of Warwick, have shown that the two stars in the binary HM Cancri definitely revolve around ...

In a galaxy far away, an exceptionally massive black hole is traveling around a massive star in an unusually tight orbit. Also odd, the star is not as bright as it should be. Astronomers have puzzled ...

Astronomers have observed primordial material that may be giving birth to three planetary systems around a binary star in unprecedented detail. Astronomers have observed primordial material that may ...

Nearby black holes and their stellar companions form an astrophysical rogues' gallery in this new NASA visualization. Stars born with more than about 20 times the sun's mass end their lives as black ...

Simulations show magnetic fields can remove angular momentum from forming protostars, helping binary star systems form within ...