In 2015, astrophysicists discovered a system consisting of two compact stars orbiting each other: a pulsar (i.e., a highly ...

New research suggests that a binary pair of Kuiper Belt objects, known as the Altjira system, is actually made up of three ...

Chinese astronomers investigated the spectral and temporal properties of a black hole X-ray binary system known as SLX ...

Over the last 10 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken pictures of Altjira and a 2011 study found that it appears as ...

A newly identified Kuiper Belt trio, possibly only the second of its kind, could provide strong evidence that these distant ...

"Our Sun (Sol) is marked by a black hexagon, and its orbital path is indicated by a grey solid line (top row only). Alpha Centauri's location and path are shown by a yellow star and a solid blue line ...

Scientists have discovered a potential three-body system in the Kuiper Belt, the Altjira system, challenging planet-formation theories.

The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, ...

Can asteroids orbit each other in pairs of three, also called a three-body or triple system, like stars? This is what a ...

W. M. Keck Observatory’s laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system uses a laser to create an artificial star to measure for atmospheric distortions. This results in sharp, high-resolution ...

Known since 1992, KBOs are primitive icy remnants from the early solar system ... are about 40 identified binary objects in the Kuiper Belt. Now, with two of these systems likely triples, the ...