binary system

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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

It’s a binary system; a choice of extremes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

This planet was just a scientific curiosity; it was and is still the only planet of a binary system with a native population of sapient beings.

From Oomphel in the Sky by Piper, H. Beam