Astronomers have reported observations of a rare star system consisting of one star orbiting a system of three more tightly ...

Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) astronomers have discovered an ...

The four-star system features three stars in stable orbits, plus a fourth at a distance equal to Jupiter's orbit around our Sun.

The discovery of the fourth star was done through an algorithm called QUADCOR, which isolates the distinct spectral fingerprints of all four stars simultaneously. By detecting the individual signals, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a binary star system, two stars orbit around each other. ESO/L. Calçada, CC BY Stars are the fundamental building blocks of our ...

Astronomers already know how planetary systems are born and how they look once they ...

A cataclysmic binary star system, V Sagittae (V Sge), is exhibiting a unique and highly aggressive mass-transfer process that strongly suggests it is rapidly approaching a violent end, which includes ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Stars are the fundamental building blocks of our ...