binary system

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The two asteroids orbit a shared center of mass in what scientists call a binary system.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 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

"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

If the orbit of a binary system lies edgewise toward us, then one star will hide the other each revolution, moving across it and appearing on the other side.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various