Contact Binary: A binary star system where two stars are so close that they share a common envelope of gas. Light Curve: A graph that shows the brightness of an astronomical object over time.

Kepler is now beginning its second mission, K2, which is proving to again provide ultraprecise photometry for a large sample of eclipsing binary stars. In the 1951 light curves covering 12 days in the ...

KMTNet Time-series Photometry of the Doubly Eclipsing Binary Stars Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud ... of a detached eclipsing binary located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The light curves were ...

M dwarfs, especially in eclipsing binaries (EBs), could be crucial for improving our understanding of fundamental stellar parameters of low-mass stars ... binary (LMEB) located some 1,500 light ...