generally expect to find dust in the hot region surrounding a massive, luminous star because the fierce heat of the star burns it away.

Chaotic rivers of red and purple appear in this false-color composite image of the eclipsing binary star system R Aquarii, located some 650 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius.

The development of a binary design system for pictorial element configurations with specified colors that is suitable for a digital computer program is presented. The design system has been made ...

A team of astronomers from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and other universities have captured the first direct image of a young binary ...

An international team of researchers has just revealed the existence of three Earth-sized planets in the binary stellar system TOI-2267 located about 190 light-years away. This discovery, published in ...

Planets can orbit one star in a binary system (S-type orbit). Planets can orbit both stars in a binary system (P-type orbit). Planets might share an orbit with a smaller star in a binary system ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The freshly released images from NASA’s Lucy spacecraft’s first ...

The Babylonians used separate combinations of two symbols to represent every single number from 1 to 59. That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with ...