Sentences with phrase «part of a binary system»

Based on the speed of the star's rotation measured by the discoverers, and confirmed by this team, the astronomers believe that the star was originally part of a binary system.

For the jets in the nebulae to form, the spherical AGB stars have to somehow become non-spherical and Blackman says that astronomers believe this occurs because AGB stars are not single stars but part of a binary system.

Frank Verbunt of Utrecht University, the Netherlands, believes the riddle may be solved by assuming that the progenitor star was part of a binary system.

Without ALMA it would have been impossible to better characterize the accretion in this massive star and determine whether it is part of a binary system,» Guzmán concluded.

A Type Ia supernova results from a white dwarf that's part of a binary system (that is, one that shares an orbit with another star) and was about twice the size of our sun during its life.

More than half of all known stars are part of a binary system, or are in multiple - star systems that feature binary stars.

So far, only about 10 percent of known pulsars are believed to be part of binary systems — most of them orbiting ancient white dwarf stars.

If the white dwarf is part of a binary system, it may be able to pull material from its companion onto its surface.

They should also find out if Florence is part of a binary system, with a companion asteroid flying alongside it.