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Description

AUDIO:
The typical X-ray sources are X-ray binaries in our galaxy. These X-ray binaries are in fact two stars that rotate around each other. One of the two is a normal star. But the other is an odd star, such as a neutron star or black hole, which has about the same mass as our Sun, but has shrunk to ten kilometers or less in radius.

VIDEO:
Video shows two stars orbiting each other. The odd star is pulling matter away from the normal star.

 

A service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Andy Ptak (Director), within the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA/GSFC

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