Peppered throughout the universe are balls of gas that never got promoted to stardom. In a strange twist, evidence has just emerged that the most famous of these orbs is actually a double-act. Where ...

Scientists have discovered a “greedy” white dwarf star that is “going thermonuclear” as it devours its twin at an unprecedented rate. An international team of astronomers found that the double star, V ...

A planet circling at a sharp 90-degree angle to the orbits of its two host stars has now been confirmed. This discovery challenges long-standing ideas about how planets form and orbit in the cosmos.

NEW YORK (AP) - A celestial object discovered decades ago is actually twins orbiting each other, a new study confirms. Scientists have puzzled over the object known as Gliese 229B, the first known ...