Recently, a team of astronomers found a new exoplanet, called 2M1510 (AB) b, that really surprised them. This new exoplanet is special — its orbit looks more like a Ferris wheel!
The flash of a pulsar about 3,000 light-years from our solar system was caused by a ‘black widow’ binary consuming a smaller star. Intriguingly, a third companion star is orbiting the pair, which may have originated near the Milky Way’s center.
A new system has been found that consists of six stars in three binary pairs, which are producing a bevy of eclipses with each other. They were found in TESS data with the help of machine learning
Stars often come in groups of 2 or more. And if they’re orbiting close enough to each other one star can feast on the other and when that happens, well, mayhem ensues!
It’s time for weekly space hangout discussion and news roundup. This time we have astronaut Mike Mullane and more news.
Happy Valentine! Like people, stars like to pair up, and in fact most stars occur in pairs called binary stars. Here’s the story
Date: August 11, 2010 Title: Encore Podcast: The Brightest Stars In The Sky Podcaster: AAVSO, with Mike Simonsen Organization: AAVSO Description: This podcast was previously aired on June 7,...