Stars

While the stars are almost always the most numerous and notable piece of the night sky, did you know that a very large portion of what we see as singular stars are actually binary or ternary systems? Or that there a certain stars that have the potential to light up the sky, rivaling the Sun, when they reach the end of their lives?

Read on binary star systems to learn more about star formation and gravitational interactions, or singular stars to start learning about (super)nova!