binary star
noun
: a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
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The unprecedented observations of such bright, long radio bursts from this binary star system are just the beginning, astronomers say.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Astronomers suggest that supermassive black holes create hypervelocity stars when binary stars (a pair of stars gravitationally bound to each other) get too close.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Hypervelocity stars are thought to be created when a binary star system gets too close to a supermassive black hole.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025
This nova is especially exciting because the white dwarf star on which it is found exists in a particularly unusual binary star system.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Astronomers suggest that supermassive black holes create hypervelocity stars when binary stars (a pair of stars gravitationally bound to each other) get too close.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Hypervelocity stars are thought to be created when a binary star system gets too close to a supermassive black hole.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025
This nova is especially exciting because the white dwarf star on which it is found exists in a particularly unusual binary star system.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Binary star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binary%20star. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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