binary system
noun
: binary star
also
: a similar system containing bodies (such as black holes) other than stars
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Further research also demonstrated that the binary system is the heaviest of its kind confirmed by scientists with a total mass 1.56 times that of our sun's.
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
Nova explosions occur in semi-detached binary systems containing a cool late-type star and a white dwarf.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The binary system of ones and zeros later became the basis of digital coding, and Leibniz himself attempted to exploit it in some of his designs for machines that could perform calculations.
—Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Thus, if free-floating planetary mass objects are indeed brown dwarfs, the sheer number of them seen as binary systems is difficult to explain.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
Nova explosions occur in semi-detached binary systems containing a cool late-type star and a white dwarf.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The binary system of ones and zeros later became the basis of digital coding, and Leibniz himself attempted to exploit it in some of his designs for machines that could perform calculations.
—Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Thus, if free-floating planetary mass objects are indeed brown dwarfs, the sheer number of them seen as binary systems is difficult to explain.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Binary system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binary%20system. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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