Chengdu University of Technology-led research has established a high-resolution astrochronological framework spanning ...

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), also known as the Blaze Star, is a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth. It periodically explodes in a recurring nova every 79 years or so, and it’s due ...

PSR J1833−3840 has the longest known orbital period among "black widows"—0.9 days. The other three MSPs are binaries with white dwarfs in nearly circular orbits. The longest orbital period out ...

Astronomers have identified a new triple star system that has set a record for the shortest orbital period ever observed ... an emeritus professor of physics at MIT and co-author of the study ...