binary system
noun
: binary star
also
: a similar system containing bodies (such as black holes) other than stars
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The team examined only one binary system, so scientists do not yet know whether similar energy efficiencies occur across other black holes.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
That's important because though binary stars are common, not just any binary system could launch an LFBOT.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Konrad Zuse unveiled the world’s first programmable computer, the Z3 machine, which used a binary system.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
Discovered in the 1960s, the binary system is located in the Milky Way within the Cygnus, or swan, constellation.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
That's important because though binary stars are common, not just any binary system could launch an LFBOT.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Konrad Zuse unveiled the world’s first programmable computer, the Z3 machine, which used a binary system.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
Discovered in the 1960s, the binary system is located in the Milky Way within the Cygnus, or swan, constellation.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Binary system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binary%20system. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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