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Famed Pair of Stars Closer To Earth Than We Imagined
If you're a semi-serious amateur astronomer, chances are you've heard of a variable pair of stars called SS Cygni. When you…
11 years ago
Distant Star Goes Disco
A disco inferno in space? Astronomers have been keeping an eye on an unusual star that unleashes a burst of…
12 years ago
“Impossible” Binary Star Systems Found
Astronomers think about half of the stars in our Milky Way galaxy are, unlike our Sun, part of a binary…
12 years ago
Watch Titan Occult a Binary Star System
[/caption] Scott Kardel from the Palomar Observatory just posted something extremely cool on his Palomar Skies website. Back in 2001,…
14 years ago
Giant Magnetic Loop Stretches Between Two Stars
[/caption] Using a collection of radio telescopes, astronomers have found a giant magnetic loop stretched outward from one of the…
15 years ago
Forming Planets Around Binary Stars
[/caption] Fanciful science fiction and space art frequently depict the lovely visage of a twin sunset where a pair of…
15 years ago