A Surprising Discovery: Binary Stars in the Vicinity of Sgr A* The D9 binary system orbits Sgr A*, which has a mass approximately 4.3 million times that of our Sun. This discovery is particularly ...

Caption Until now, the binary star system Capella appeared in visible light telescopes as a single "star" larger than the red dotted circle. FIRST was able to resolve the two stars and, based on ...

The stellar pairing in question orbits the cosmic ... of Cologne said. The D9 binary system exists within a fascinating group of stellar bodies called the S-star cluster. These stars whip around ...

The study analyzed the circumstellar disks of a pair of stars, learning about how planets are formed from some unexpected ...

Binary star system—Two stars orbiting their common ... Such long-period comets have very elongated elliptical orbits, and can have periods of more than a million years. They originate from ...

Our sun is a lonely star. At least half the stars in our galaxy have binary companions. This was nicely illustrated in the ...

Every eight years, their orbits bring them close together. During these close approaches ... “It’s exciting to get a glimpse into how binary star systems not only create carbon-rich dust, but also ...

Because of how close the HD 20794 system is to us, it has been well observed over the past 20 years and has a somewhat mixed history when it comes to exoplanets. HD 20794d orbits its star with two ...