A team of astronomers has found the first binary star system, D9, near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. Previously ...
In 2015, astrophysicists discovered a system consisting of two compact stars orbiting each other: a pulsar (i.e., a highly ...
"Black holes are so stealthy that this one has been practically under our noses this whole time." ...
Northwestern University scientists have detected the first radio pulses that can be traced to a dead-star binary.
An international team of astrophysicists led by the Netherlands and the UK have discovered that radio pulses lasting seconds ...
Artistic illustration showing the radio pulses emitted by the binary star system: a white dwarf in orbit around a red dwarf. Credit Daniëlle Futselaar/artsource.nl In a breakthrough discovery, an ...