binary system
noun
: binary star
also
: a similar system containing bodies (such as black holes) other than stars
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While it has long been known that most massive stars exist in binary systems, direct evidence of one exchanging mass shortly before exploding is exceptionally rare.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
Combined with real-time AI detection, observations gathered by the Rubin Observatory will enable astronomers to identify and study more of these rare, complex events, helping to build a clearer picture of how massive stars live and die in binary systems.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
But that binary system is not the only option for these machines.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 18 July 2025
Gravitational waves are the only way scientists can observe a collision in a binary system in which two black holes orbit each other.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
Combined with real-time AI detection, observations gathered by the Rubin Observatory will enable astronomers to identify and study more of these rare, complex events, helping to build a clearer picture of how massive stars live and die in binary systems.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
But that binary system is not the only option for these machines.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 18 July 2025
Gravitational waves are the only way scientists can observe a collision in a binary system in which two black holes orbit each other.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for binary system
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“Binary system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binary%20system. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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