In theory, a planet may be able to orbit a binary star system in a figure of eight, but it may not be particularly stable, ...

Stars are the fundamental building blocks of our universe. Most stars host planets, like our Sun hosts our solar system, and if you look more broadly, groups of stars make up huge structures such as ...

Some stars in our galaxy, known as hypervelocity stars, move much faster than most other stars in the Milky Way. In fact, they are traveling so fast that our galaxy's gravity can't hold onto them and ...

Luke found life on Tatooine to be boring, but he should be glad, because as we have seen, binary stars have the potential to play all kinds of havoc on their orbiting circumbinary planets. When you ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrej Prša, Villanova University (THE CONVERSATION) Stars are the fundamental ...