binary system

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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

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

TOI-2267 consists of two stars locked in a close orbital dance, forming what astronomers call a compact binary system.

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

The common centre of gravity of a binary system is situated on a line between both stars, and distant from each in inverse proportion to their respective masses.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel