This Number System Beats Binary, But Most Computers Can’t Use It Why do computers only work with the numbers 0 and 1? There are machines that process three digits with more efficiency than you ...

The study demonstrates that combining radial velocity and astrometry can effectively detect quiescent compact objects in binary systems. This intriguing system strongly suggests the existence of ...

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a rapidly spinning neutron star that is gravitationally bound to a helium star companion. The discovery of this unusual binary system helps confirm a ...

Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Measuring binary star systems' basic properties has proved exceedingly difficult, now astronomers are looking to AI to help.

NASA artistic image of a binary system of a red giant star and a younger companion. Blue supergiants may be formed by two stars in a binary system merging. Casey Reed, NASA ...

Astronomers have discovered a "missing link": a tiny black hole lurking with a red giant star in a strange and difficult-to-explain binary system.

Astronomers have detected rare radio waves from a binary star system, challenging previous ideas about their origins. These pulses, lasting from milliseconds to minutes, arrive every 125.5 minutes ...