binary system
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"Ananya's work demonstrates that each of these peculiarities can be explained by the same underlying phenomenon: the tidal destruction of a binary system and the capture of one of the stars," Coughlin says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
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 Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
