binary system

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The new research found that the impact also expelled enough material from the binary system to slightly alter its path around the Sun.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

"This makes TOI-2267 the first binary system known to host transiting planets around both of its stars."

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

Sirius is also a binary system; but it is what is called a "visual" one, for its component stars may be seen separately in very large telescopes.

From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius