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Meanwhile, the binary stars' own orbits also precess due the rules of general relativity.
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Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
16 Feb. 2026
Signals from precessing protons in the two coils, though, will reinforce one another.
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David Schneider,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Nov. 2025
When the rate – or frequency, as scientists call it – at which the tops are precessing, or spinning, matches the frequency at which the car is bumping up and down, something called a spin-orbit resonance occurs.
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Gongjie Li,
Discover Magazine,
11 Jan. 2024
And because jets are thought to align with the axis of the disk, a precessing disk should also produce a corkscrew jet.
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science.org,
25 Apr. 2023
The rocket soon appeared to begin precessing about its long axis like a toy top slowing down.
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William Harwood,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2023
If the black holes' spins are out of alignment with their orbit, then the black hole spins will precess like spinning tops while also maintaining their anti-alignment.
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Chris Lee,
Ars Technica,
24 Jan. 2022
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Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
16 Feb. 2026
Signals from precessing protons in the two coils, though, will reinforce one another.
—
David Schneider,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Nov. 2025
When the rate – or frequency, as scientists call it – at which the tops are precessing, or spinning, matches the frequency at which the car is bumping up and down, something called a spin-orbit resonance occurs.
—
Gongjie Li,
Discover Magazine,
11 Jan. 2024
And because jets are thought to align with the axis of the disk, a precessing disk should also produce a corkscrew jet.
—
science.org,
25 Apr. 2023
The rocket soon appeared to begin precessing about its long axis like a toy top slowing down.
—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2023
If the black holes' spins are out of alignment with their orbit, then the black hole spins will precess like spinning tops while also maintaining their anti-alignment.
—
Chris Lee,
Ars Technica,
24 Jan. 2022
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“Precess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/precess. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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