binary system
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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
"Discovering three Earth-sized planets in such a compact binary system is a unique opportunity," says Zúñiga-Fernández.
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’s a binary system; a choice of extremes.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024
These observations were made by adjusting a micrometer to a very powerful telescope, and were data sufficient for the determination of the orbit of the revolving star, should it be a binary system.
From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary
