Binary asteroid systems are widespread throughout our inner solar system. For decades, the standard paradigm held that many ...

Astrophysicist Tomoaki Matsumoto and collaborators have used three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic supercomputer simulations to show that magnetic fields can drive young binary star systems to tighten ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising force that may help explain how binary star systems form so quickly. New supercomputer ...

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a rapidly spinning neutron star that is gravitationally bound to a helium star companion. The discovery of this unusual binary system helps confirm a long ...

New simulations show that interactions with a magnetic field can work to decrease the distance between still forming binary ...

Magnetic fields may be the hidden force bringing both newborn stars and giant black holes together. New computer simulations ...

After crunching a mountain of astronomy data, Clarissa Pavao, an undergraduate at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Prescott, Arizona campus, submitted her preliminary analysis. Her mentor's ...

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 ...

Simulations show magnetic fields can remove angular momentum from forming protostars, helping binary star systems form within ...