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Orbiting two suns: The science behind Tatooine and 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' It would be pretty, but would it be habitable? By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
Companion star survives the hell fury of a supernova A face full of supernova and this star still shines. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
No planets seen for Sirius B, the nearest white dwarf to Earth It may have eaten them long ago. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
After a fiery embrace, some stars undergo metamorphosis Water fountain stars recently — or still are — eating their binary companions. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
When is a planet not a planet? When it’s actually a star Astronomers find a handful of planets are actually stars. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
A tug on binary stars reveals the mass of the Tatooine-like planet Kepler-16b May the force of gravity be with you. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Paradox! How did this 5-million-year-old star survive a 39-million-year journey? Oddball star may be lying about its age. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Stellar intruder makes a grazing hit-and-run on a pair of young stars Star's flyby disrupts a stellar nursery. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
It’s alive! When two dying stars are Frankensteined together, you get a new nebula While there are many known common envelope systems, none have ever been caught in the phase that this one has. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago
Astronomers find progenitor systems of extremely rare stars predicted but never before seen Extremely low mass white dwarf factories found. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
