In a recent study, an Italian astronomer has investigated the nature of a binary system known as HD 49798/RX J0648.0–4418.

"This provides only a brief window on cosmic timescales to observe such a binary system—and we succeeded," explains co-author Emma Bordier, a researcher also at the University of Cologne and a ...

Italian astronomer Sandro Mereghetti recently analyzed data from the binary system, finding strong evidence that the ...

Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery: a binary star orbiting perilously close to the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*. This stellar pair defies ...