Nov 15, 2016
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A pulsar and white dwarf dance together in a surprising orbit
Searching the universe for strange new star systems can lead to some pretty interesting finds. And sometimes, it can turn up phenomena that contradict everything we think we know about the formation and evolution of stars. ...
Tatooine worlds orbiting two suns often survive violent escapades of aging stars
Planets that revolve around two suns may surprisingly survive the violent late stages of the stars' lives, according to new research out of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre and York University. The finding is surprising ...
New magnetic cataclysmic variable star discovered
Discovery one-ups tatooine, finds twin stars hosting three giant exoplanets
A team of Carnegie scientists has discovered three giant planets in a binary star system composed of stellar ''twins'' that are also effectively siblings of our Sun. One star hosts two planets and the other hosts the third. ...
China's lunar-based telescope observes a binary star system
Evolution of cataclysmic variables and related binaries containing accreting white dwarfs
About one-half of the stars in our Milky Way galaxy are thought to be in binary systems wherein both stars orbit their common center of mass. If the binaries are formed with the appropriate masses and separations, it is possible ...
Astronomer detects a new source of intense gamma radiation
Analyzing the data collected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Maxim Pshirkov of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute discovered a new source confirming that binary systems with strong colliding stellar winds comprise ...
Proto-planet has two masters
A Rice University researcher will discuss images that may show the formation of a planet—or a planetary system—around a distant binary star at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ...
Astrophysicists use new methods to simulate the common-envelope phase of binary stars
When we look at the night sky, we see stars as tiny points of light eking out a solitary existence at immense distances from Earth. But appearances are deceptive. More than half the stars we know of have a companion, a second ...
