Astronomers have identified a rare type of binary star system containing a rapidly spinning millisecond pulsar and a helium star companion, formed via common envelope evolution. Although such systems ...

In a significant breakthrough, astronomers have recently discovered a “ghost star” nestled within the remnants of a supernova ...

A decade after the first discovery, scientists have used these waves to find a unique merger, a massive binary system and a ...

A bright flash of radio waves from 3 billion years after the big bang is illuminating parts of the universe that astronomers can’t normally see ...

Astronomers have doubled the number of black hole and neutron star mergers detected via gravitational waves in a "stellar ...

A cosmic marvel resembling a giant hand has captured the attention of scientists. This hand-shaped nebula, MSH 15-52, originates from pulsar B1509-58, ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Scientists have developed the longest and most complex simulation to date ...

Binary star systems are not rare. Neither are systems where one star is a remnant like a white dwarf or neutron star, and its companion is on the main sequence. In those systems, the dense remnant can ...