astrophysics, binary stars, new discoveries, stars

International Team of Astronomers Discovers Two Rare Binary Star Systems

An international team of astronomers has identified only the second and third examples of a rare type of star system comprising two central stars orbiting each other, known as binary stars, encompassed by a remarkable disk of gas and dust.  Michael Poon, a Ph.D. student in the Faculty of Arts & Science’s David A. Dunlap Department ...

Troy Oakes

An interplanetary disc with binary stars.