... brightening of a small, dense star. Novae occur in double star systems comprising a white ... shell of matter that has fallen onto the ingesting star becomes unstable, leading to a thermonuclear explosion ...
... of kilometres apart to form a single coordinated system.
Dr Tzioumis, Dr Chris Phillips and ... are small or very distant (such as nearby double-star systems or black holes in the distant universe) and ...
... to do a four-year study of a double-star system unlike any other known in the Universe. ... at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. In addition, the stars' orbital plane is aligned nearly perfectly with ...
Epsilon Eridani hosts an inner asteroid belt and planet arranged like those in the solar system
... (ionised) by the intense radiation of the hot young stars located at its centre. Astronomers call this an HII ... Together they form what is known as a double system. The two stars have masses of 82 and 83 ...