star system
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Scientists believe that S301 was once part of a binary star system that was torn apart by the almighty pull of the black hole.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Scientists determined the object had entered the solar system from deep space, making it the third known object to have come from another star system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
No star system, a fault of predecessors, will be employed.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
Because the processes around supermassive black holes might mirror those near GX13+1, the team chose this neutron star system as a closer, brighter target that could reveal the underlying physics in sharper detail.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2025
Each star system is an island in space, quarantined from its neighbors by the light-years.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
