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Recent Examples of binary star
The discovery means that Betelgeuse is a binary star system.
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Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 22 July 2025
Strange things start to happen as the Enterprise follows the Gorn closer to a binary star system.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 17 July 2025
If the binary star approaches a third object, some of that energy can be swapped around.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2025
Research has shown that type Ia supernovae originate from some binary star systems containing at least one white dwarf.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 22 July 2025
Strange things start to happen as the Enterprise follows the Gorn closer to a binary star system.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 17 July 2025
If the binary star approaches a third object, some of that energy can be swapped around.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2025
Research has shown that type Ia supernovae originate from some binary star systems containing at least one white dwarf.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for binary star
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When their cores run out of fuel, gravity crushes them inward, triggering supernovae that leave behind a neutron star or black hole.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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In the 10 years since then, scientists have detected hundreds of black holes coming together, as well as other extreme cosmic events like neutron stars colliding and black holes merging with a neutron star.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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Aldebaran, the red star that represents the 'right eye' of the bull, appears to be part of the cluster, but is actually located a mere 65 light-years from us.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Satellite map of the tsunami's leading edge (red), with the epicenter depicted by a red star.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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After weeks, months and years of observations, astronomers will have a time-lapse record revealing anything that explodes, flashes or moves – such as supernovas, variable stars or asteroids.—
Samantha Thompson,
Space.com,
7 July 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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Their relationship is even more involved than that — the gravitational pull of the white dwarf is actually stretching Wolf 1130A into an egg shape toward it.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Another potential cause is a white dwarf — a dead star as heavy as our sun but condensed to the size of Earth — being ripped apart by a rare intermediate-mass black hole.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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The other type of star that goes supernova is a giant star with a mass at least eight times greater than the sun.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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All the stuff, really, enough to make a bona-fide, honest-to-God, true-blue spoof feature, the kind made by a studio and with a budget and giant stars and a full-fledged theatrical release.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Aug. 2025
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Another variable is the role of the rival Palestinian Authority (PA), which rules the West Bank.—
Ilan Berman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Although this variable doesn’t always come into play in our taste tests (an incredible anchovy is an incredible anchovy), the prices for pure vanilla extract vary widely.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Binary star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binary%20star. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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