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

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

Visualization of gas flows around a binary protostar system calculated by ATERUI III. The first half of the video shows a close-up view around the binary protostars. The second half shows a wide-field ...

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

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of three Earth-sized planets orbiting within a compact binary star system. This rare configuration, where planets circle two stars simultaneously, ...

Nearby black holes and their stellar companions form an astrophysical rogues' gallery in this new NASA visualization. Stars born with more than about 20 times the sun's mass end their lives as black ...

In a galaxy far away, an exceptionally massive black hole is traveling around a massive star in an unusually tight orbit. Also odd, the star is not as bright as it should be. Astronomers have puzzled ...

Astronomers have observed primordial material that may be giving birth to three planetary systems around a binary star in unprecedented detail. Astronomers have observed primordial material that may ...

Visualization of gas flows around a binary protostar system calculated by ATERUI III. The gas shown in red orbits around one of the two protostars. The gas shown in blue orbits around the combined ...

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