binary system

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"The evidence strongly supports a binary system containing a magnetar -- a neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field, and a star like our Sun."

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

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

"The Didymos binary system is located in a near-Earth environment while the Dinkinesh system is located much farther away from Earth in the main asteroid belt," she added.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2024

The binary system lets us express any number, if we have enough bits, as a combination of 1's and 0's.

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd