Finally, the simulation results enabled predictions about the types of triple-star systems that would be more likely to form CVs. Specifically, the triple systems would be expected to start out in ...

Some galaxies spend billions of years churning out stars at a relentless pace — then, almost abruptly, go quiet. Astronomers have watched this transition play out across the universe for decades, but ...

Astronomers have reported observations of a rare star system consisting of one star orbiting a system of three more tightly bound stars. This quadruple star system is described in a new study, ...