The companion star in this system has a mass that is 1.174 solar masses (M ⊙), which is significantly lower than that of other known neutron stars with accurately measured masses.

"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...

How small can you go when forming stars and brown dwarfs? The Flame Nebula, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is a ...

"Red star-forming galaxies primarily produce low-mass stars, making them appear red despite ongoing star birth," he said. "This theory was developed to address inconsistencies with the traditional ...

The new findings could also explain why super-Earths tend to be found around low-mass stars. "The observations also show that these compact discs could have optimal conditions for the formation of ...

But whilst the data suggested this was correct, the scientific models claimed otherwise. Prof Zijlstra adds: “Old, low mass stars should make much fainter planetary nebulae than young, more massive ...

Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick A white dwarf star is basically the corpse of a low-mass star that lost its outer layers. That can happen when a star runs out its fuel supply needed to ...