binary stars

Tatooine has competition – Astronomers discover closest-orbiting twin stars ever!

They were found to circle each other at an extremely close distance – just 33.5 billion miles apart.

Sep 01, 2016, 23:07 PM IST

How planets form around binary stars

Observational evidence, however, reveals that planets do indeed form and maintain surprisingly stable orbits around double stars.

Feb 14, 2016, 11:14 AM IST