Astronomers from the University of Turku in Finland and elsewhere have performed a broadband spectral and timing study of an ...

Astronomers from the Center of Astronomical and Space Education in Moscow report the discovery of a new star, which turned ...

Computers only understand two things: on (1) or off (0). So, how do we get them to do everything else? Welcome to the world of binary.

As a result, they found that Melnick 39 is a colliding-wind binary system composed of two O-type supergiant stars. The finding was detailed on March 21 on the pre-print server arXiv.

Astronomers from the University of Turku have detected quasi-periodic oscillations in an X-ray binary, XTE J0111.2−7317, ...

Researchers find binary stars orbiting near Milky Way's supermassive black hole “Black holes are not as destructive as we thought,” the study's lead author said.

THE binary number system, in which all numbers are represented by 0 and 1, is the cornerstone of modern computing and digital technology. But, if its inventor had not imagined its having religious ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before seen.

Unlike our everyday counting system that uses tens, binary uses just two numbers, 0 and 1. Learn more with BBC Bitesize. Suitable for KS3 students.

A pair of stars orbiting one another has been found near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT). Credit; ESO ...