/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10079/all en /newsroom/channels/news/chandra-finds-stellar-duos-banished-galaxies-297461 <p>Astronomers use the term "binary" system to refer to pairs of stars orbiting around each other. These stellar pairs can consist of combinations of stars like our Sun, or more exotic and denser varieties such as neutron stars or even black holes.</p> Tue, 28 May 2019 15:43:37 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 165711 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/neutron-star-merger-yields-new-puzzle-astrophysicists-283948 <p>The afterglow from the distant neutron-star merger <a href="/newsroom/channels/news/latest-gravitational-wave-detection-opens-new-era-astronomy-278031">detected last August</a> has continued to brighten – much to the surprise of astrophysicists studying the aftermath of the massive collision that took place about 138 million light years away and sent gravitational waves rippling through the universe.</p> Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:56:53 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 32839 at /newsroom