New simulations show that interactions with a magnetic field can work to decrease the distance between still forming binary protostars. These results can help explain the characteristics of the binary ...

Using computer simulations, scientists from the NASA Astrobiology Institute team at the University of Hawaii are shedding light on a question that has challenged astronomers for years: What causes ...

In this picture, the binary does not simply plow through surrounding gas and gradually slow down. Instead, the gas is tied to large-scale magnetic field lines that connect the inner disk to the outer ...