binary system
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Though he takes a minute to upbraid her, they’re obviously the show’s binary system, and Decker is in any case a cheery sort who takes things in stride — even prison, seemingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
A nova happens in a close binary system when a white dwarf, the dense leftover core of a star, pulls gas from a nearby companion.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
"This makes TOI-2267 the first binary system known to host transiting planets around both of its stars."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2025
This strange new world orbits around two stars at once, which dance around each other in what astronomers call a binary system.
From Space Scoop ● May 6, 2025
It is virtually certain that RR Centauri is a case of an eclipsing binary system, and that the two stars are close together.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
