binary system
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When two galaxies collided and merged — an especially common event in the earlier universe — their central black holes would meet and form a binary system, two black holes circling each other.
From New York Times
It shows that, in some binary systems, the two black holes have misaligned axes of rotation, which would imply that they formed separately.
From Scientific American
In this case, it was caused by two black holes in a binary system that had started out orbiting each other but gradually spiraled together and eventually converged into a single massive hole.
From Scientific American
Zachos explained that the field of taxonomy will always have inherent frictions when defining species because it involves applying a binary system on evolution, which is constantly changing.
From The Guardian
“Another possibility involves a binary system, such as a neutron star orbiting another neutron star or black hole.”
From Fox News
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