Planets may actually form more easily around double stars than around single stars like our sun, according to new research ...

By peering deep inside Orion's star-forming gas clouds, radio astronomers have been able to directly measure the masses of ...

'Binary stars were once seen as hostile environments for planet formation. What we're finding is that they can actually be ...

New simulations suggest binary star systems may be ideal for planet formation, and may produce more gas giants than ...

A string of small gas clouds near the Milky Way’s central black hole has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, new observations ...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by a cosmic mystery: planets orbiting two stars—like Star Wars’ Tatooine—are surprisingly rare, even though they should be common. New research suggests the culprit ...

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Apples-to-apples comparisons in the distant universe are hard to come by. Whether the subject is dwarf galaxies, supermassive black holes, or “hot Jupiters,” astronomers can spend months or years ...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar planets' orbiting a ...