In a trinary star system, two of the stars orbit each other as a binary pair, while the third star orbits the pair at a greater distance. This ensures that the system is stable, since if the inner ...

In a trinary star system, two of the stars orbit each other as a binary pair, while the third star orbits the pair at a greater distance. This ensures that the system is stable, since if the inner ...

Recently, astronomers announced another, this time in the trinary star HD 132563 ... The newly discovered planet orbits the secondary star in the system, HD 132563B. As with the binary component ...

on which the central black hole is leisurely feasting – the newly discovered third object makes the system a trinary. It's the first time we've seen a system with this configuration, and it ...

The system’s wide-orbiting third ... redefining what we know about trinary systems and black hole formation. The far-off star orbits the black hole at 3,500 astronomical units, meaning its ...

The bright glow of the trinary Gliese 667 system. Photo: ESO Some 22 light years ... These three planets take up all of of the potential orbits within Gliese 667C’s habitable zone, making ...

This particular exoplanet orbits cool, dim stars and is therefore ... it's more or less likely to find life around a binary or ternary system, but a compelling case can be made for either.

Related: Europe's planet-hunting CHEOPS telescope spies its 1st alien worlds To-scale animation of the orbits of the six newfound planets in the HD110067 system about 100 light-years from Earth.