Finding chart for XMM 152737 with North at top and East to the left. The image is from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) and the new object is marked with red lines. A scale bar is shown in the lower ...

A new technique could help astronomers detect exoplanets that orbit exotic binary star systems called cataclysmic variables. Such systems comprise two stars that orbit each other so closely that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers have teamed up with citizen scientists to discover a brand-new exploding star that's greedily feeding on a stellar ...

Cataclysmic variable stars are compact binary systems in which a white dwarf accretes material from a close companion, typically a late-type main-sequence star. The accreted matter forms a disc unless ...

Scientists have discovered a pair of stars locked in an incredibly close orbit that circle each other once every 51 minutes - and according to the results of a new study, they are only going to speed ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

In yet another discovery, astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have found a pair of stars that has the shortest orbital period yet discovered. The star circles each other every 51 minutes. Astronomers dub ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Full GOTO-North node under the skies of La Palma. Within six months, Kilonova Seekers’ over 2,000 volunteers contributed more than ...

Nearly half the stars in our galaxy are solitary like the sun. The other half comprises stars that circle other stars, in pairs and multiples, with orbits so tight that some stellar systems could fit ...