Astronomers expected to find hundreds of planets orbiting binary stars, but only 14 have been confirmed. New research indicates that general relativity destabilizes many of these planets, especially ...

We experience three dimensions of space and one of time—four dimensions in total,” study co-author Richard Pinčák, of the ...

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies—tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way—have long been seen as cosmic fossils. Now, a new ...

New observations and simulations by a team of researchers led by MPE reveal that a massive binary star near our galaxy's ...