To explore the galaxy and hunt for resources, intelligent aliens might need to turn their home stars into natural spaceships, ...

and it is available on the arXiv preprint server. "Since about half the stars in our galaxy are in binary systems where life ...

Binary systems of stars are as common as single stars. This original text provides a pedagogical and comprehensive introduction to binary stars. The author combines theory and observations at all ...

Astronomers have observed primordial material that may be giving birth to three planetary systems around a binary star in unprecedented detail. Bringing together three decades of study, an ...

However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button. Circumstellar planets in binary star systems provide unique constraints on the formation and ...

In 1988, Leonid Shakdov developed the first detailed stellar engine model called the Shakdov Thruster. "Since about half the stars in our galaxy are in binary systems where life might develop too ...

There's evidence out there for the supernova model of black hole formation. This is when a dying star erupts in a colossal ...

It is an uncommon type of binary star system displaying chaotic behavior and enveloped by a large nebula — in this case, some of its boundaries reach about 250 billion miles (400 billion ...

illuminating a long-dead binary star system for the first time in 80 years, according to NASA. The Blaze Star has become a white dwarf, which happens when stars have exhausted their nuclear fuels.

part of a so-called X-ray binary star system called 4U 1820-30. It's found in the Sagittarius constellation toward the center of our galaxy. "If future observations confirm this, the 4U 1820-30 ...