A Triple Star System Yields an Unusual Surviving Star Unlike our Sun, which exists alone, at least half of the stars in our ...

A rare breed of star recently discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope spins faster by feeding on its stellar siblings.

Our sun is a lonely star. At least half the stars in our galaxy have binary companions. This was nicely illustrated in the ...

"We have by and large been ignoring triples in models and simulations — we're just starting to understand how these types of systems evolve." ...

In 2025, one might assume that all types of stars in the Milky Way have been cataloged, yet the universe continues to surprise us. In 1953, American astronomer Alan Sandage revolutionized our ...

Discover the fascinating story of the 'blue lurker,' a mysterious star in the M67 star cluster studied by NASA's Hubble ...

Hubble uncovers the blue lurker star, offering rare insights into triple-star system evolution and stellar mergers ...

In some systems, stars interact in fascinating ways. One of these stories involves a star called the “blue lurker,” recently ...

The name 'blue lurker' might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open ...