The Babylonians used separate combinations of two symbols to represent every single number from 1 to 59. That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with ...

This unusual system 'shouldn't exist,' says one astronomer, who notes the orbit is as long as his daily commute. By Briley Lewis Published Aug 8, 2023 6:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with two yolks. In a similar way, astrophysicists like us who study supermassive ...

Binary (or double) stars may in fact hinder life as we know it, new observations by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in northern Chile, reveal. Details of the millimeter ...

For many years, binary star research was as neglected as an old Tamagotchi. Not anymore. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Some 90s ...

A team of astronomers from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and other universities have captured the first direct image of a young binary ...

The formation and stability of planets in double-star environments are clarified by this astounding discovery.