The new technique depends on disturbances in the material being fed from one star to another as a third body orbits a binary pair. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Cataclysmic variables (CVs) are close binary systems in which a white dwarf accretes material from a companion star, typically a low‐mass, main-sequence star. The accretion process, often mediated by ...

Scientists have discovered a pair of stars locked in an incredibly close orbit that circle each other once every 51 minutes - and according to the results of a new study, they are only going to speed ...

Dwarf novae are a prominent subclass of cataclysmic variables; binary star systems in which a white dwarf accretes matter from a donor star. This accretion process drives episodic outbursts due to ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

With the aid of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered an erupting cataclysmic variable star in a rarely seen ...

ABSTRACT We present photometry and spectroscopy of HT Camelopardalis, a recently discovered X‐ray–bright cataclysmic variable. The spectrum shows bright lines of H, He i, and He ii, all moving with a ...

Astronomers have discovered a pair of stars with such a short orbit they appear to circle each other in just 51 minutes. The system seems to be one of a rare class of binaries known as a 'cataclysmic ...

In yet another discovery, astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have found a pair of stars that has the shortest orbital period yet discovered. The star circles each other every 51 minutes. Astronomers dub ...

Within six months, Kilonova Seekers’ over 2,000 volunteers contributed more than 600,000 classifications to researchers, resulting in a total of 20 new discoveries. Now, astronomers have announced the ...