Articles for tag: Astronomy, astrophysics, Binary Stars, Celestial events, cosmic phenomena, heartbeat star, Space Science, star systems, stellar discoveries, Universe Exploration

Scientific Importance of Heartbeat Systems

Astronomers Detect a Heartbeat Star

Gargi Chakravorty

Imagine listening to the cosmos itself pulsing with life. Scientists have discovered something extraordinary in the vast darkness of space: binary star systems that literally beat like hearts. These celestial objects, aptly named s, are rewriting our understanding of stellar behavior and the intricate dance between gravitational forces in the universe. When plotted over time, ...

591 Binary Stars Could Reveal Dozens of New Exoplanets, Scientists Say

Suhail Ahmed

Binary stars can be chaotic places for planets, and for years that chaos pushed many searches toward calmer, single suns. Now a team has flipped the script. By singling out 591 “edge-on” twin-star systems identified with Gaia data, researchers argue that these complicated neighborhoods may actually be the easiest places to find new worlds. Their ...