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
"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
A binary system of counting is shown in the following numerals:— One: uniuni.
From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood
