also: a similar system containing bodies (such as black holes) other than stars
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Recent Examples on the WebThis black hole is roughly 7,800 light-years from Earth in a binary system called V404 Cygni. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 July 2022 If the black hole happens to be in a binary system, where two stars revolve around each other, then the black hole begins to orbit the other star. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 19 July 2022 The process begins with a binary system, in which one of the two stars turns into a red giant, leaving just a white dwarf remnant core still in orbit with the other star in the system. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2022 However, it has also been predicted that, in a binary system, the two black hole spins will be anti-aligned. Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2022 In traditional computers, information is represented by a binary system called bits, which can be either a 0 or 1. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2021 Confirming that there really is a planet in the X-ray binary system is likely to take time.NBC News, 18 Feb. 2021 Their only success was in M51-ULS-1 in the Whirlpool Galaxy, a binary system contains a black hole or neutron star orbiting a companion star with a mass about 20 times that of the Sun. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021 They were created in this system when the burst of X-rays from the binary system reflected off of dust clouds scattered across space between the V404 Cygni system and Earth. Rebecca Cairns; Video By Milly Chan, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021 See More