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The double stars of Albireo are considered a binary star system, just over 400 light-years away, with just one light-year equaling nearly 6 trillion miles.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a planet while observing Alpha Centauri, a system of three stars orbiting each other — binary stars Alpha Centauri A and B, along with the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Detecting and analyzing these oddities can help Bédard, Sahu, and other researchers gain a more comprehensive understanding of the ultimate fate of many binary star systems.
—Andrew Paul Aug 6, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
If the binary star approaches a third object, some of that energy can be swapped around.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2025
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a planet while observing Alpha Centauri, a system of three stars orbiting each other — binary stars Alpha Centauri A and B, along with the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Detecting and analyzing these oddities can help Bédard, Sahu, and other researchers gain a more comprehensive understanding of the ultimate fate of many binary star systems.
—Andrew Paul Aug 6, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
If the binary star approaches a third object, some of that energy can be swapped around.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for binary star
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The team tracked subtle changes in radio signals from the pulsar PSR J0332+5434 — the fast-spinning remnant of a neutron star located more than 3,000 light-years from Earth and the brightest pulsar visible to the telescope.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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What is a neutron star, or pulsar?—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025
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Instead, Lohan put her right hand in the shot, showing off a bubble bath pink natural nail polish as well as a small red star tattoo.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Big, hot, blue stars live shorter lives, while tiny, cool, red stars live for much longer.—
Stephen DiKerby,
The Conversation,
24 Nov. 2025
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In another imaging campaign, API, assisted by AMIGO, was able to produce detailed images of a black hole jet, the volcanic surface of Jupiter's moon Io, and stellar winds emanating from a distant variable star.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Many of these alerts will be triggered by variable stars, which cyclically change in brightness.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 June 2025
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The Helix Nebula is composed of stellar material shrugged off by a dying star as its outer layers were blasted away and its core collapsed to form a dense stellar remnant called a white dwarf.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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To understand a nova, first understand a white dwarf.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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Others perceive the same uncertainty as a puzzle to be solved or an exciting variable in an otherwise predictable life.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Mesidor is the football thinker, the guy who wants to not just understand his role but have backup plans for any variable.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Jan. 2026
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Together, images like these help astronomers build a broader picture of what's happening across a giant star factory rather than focusing on only one bright hotspot.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Her star tattoo fully healed, Grant hopes the giant star – like Altadena itself – survives and thrives, not only in homage to what was lost but what could be.—
Cheri Mossburg,
CNN Money,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Binary star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binary%20star. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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