binary system

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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

EX Hydrae exists in a binary system alongside a normal main sequence star.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 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

The binary system lets us express any number, if we have enough bits, as a combination of 1's and 0's.

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd