binary system

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EX Hydrae exists in a binary system alongside a normal main sequence star.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

"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

Two centuries ago the distinguished philosopher and mathematician, Leibnitz, proposed a binary system of numeration.

From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Conant, Levi Leonard