When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of a quadruple star system with two "failed star" brown dwarfs and two stars . | ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A massive white dwarf (lower left) and a "blue lurker" star (upper right) – which could easily be ...

An astronomer from the University of Warwick is to investigate an intriguing type of star system to help drive our understanding of the expanding universe. Dr Ingrid Pelisoli, has received a £1.2 ...

University of Copenhagen astrophysicists help explain a mysterious phenomenon, whereby stars suddenly vanish from the night sky. Their study of an unusual binary star system has resulted in convincing ...

In theory, it could happen – one of the very first solutions to the three-body problem was this scenario. But it is very unlikely to be stable over time. You need the stars to have near equal mass and ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth. Of the more ...

Only 16 to 84 other examples of this exotic system may exist in our entire galaxy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...