Synonyms of binary star

binary star

noun

as in neutron star

Synonyms & Similar Words

• neutron star
• red star
• fixed star
• variable star
• white dwarf
• giant star
• variable
• brown dwarf
• red dwarf
• supernova
• red giant
• pulsar
• nova
• quasar
• supergiant
• lodestar
• loadstar
• supercluster
• gasser
• dwarf
• subdwarf
• sphere
• luminary
• galaxy
• sun
• cluster
• constellation

Examples of binary star in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ironically, the Depression-era setting makes the film seem far less dated than other movies from 1973, and the binary star system at its center has lost not one photon of its luminescence. —Ty Burr, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023

Then, in August, Kepler scientists discovered a binary star circled by two planets. —Andrew Grant, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2012

Oh, this is too cool: scientists have found a planet orbiting a binary star (a pair of stars in tight orbit around each other) that is at the right distance to have liquid water! —Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2012

With a contraption that would have earned him kudos from MacGyver, Schneider managed to track the transit of an exoplanet in the binary star system HD 189733, a type of observation that had escaped even professional astronomers until 2002. —IEEE Spectrum, 3 Oct. 2023