binary system
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But most massive stars live in binary systems with a twin, and the same fate that befell our first star eventually came for its partner, leaving two neutron stars circling each other.
From Scientific American
“It poses many questions about how this binary system was formed,” Dr. el-Badry said in the news release, “as well as how many of these dormant black holes there are out there.”
From New York Times
Each star in the WR 140 binary system is far more massive than the sun.
From Scientific American
This confirmed assumptions that a binary system created the nebula.
From Scientific American
But this is a binary system — two stars, bound together by gravity.
From Washington Post
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