binary system

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In a typical binary system, two stars with slightly different masses circle each other along elongated, or elliptical, paths.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

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

"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

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