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 ...
In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...
It may not be anything like Tatooine of Star Wars, but this discovery is still incredible. We’ve found a frozen, rocky planet orbiting one of its two parent binary stars in a stable Earth-like orbit.
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If hypervelocity stars are kicked out of binary systems by supernovae, how did they survive the blast?
In 2017, astronomers found hypervelocity stars believed to have come from the Large Magellanic Cloud, supposedly kicked out of binary systems by supernovae. What kept the surviving star from being ...
Astronomers have developed the most realistic model to date of planet formation in binary star systems. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and the Max Planck Institute for ...
M33 X-7 contains a massive black hole orbiting a large star in a surprisingly close orbit. The star is dimmer than expected due to its rapid mass gain and viewing angle. A new model explains the ...
Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Our life ...
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