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Artwork: binary star system containing black hole
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Artist's impression of a binary star system consisting of a black hole (foreground) and a blue giant star (background). A stream of gas is being pulled from the atmosphere of the blue giant by the immense gravitational field of its companion. As the gas spirals down into the black hole it forms a flat accretion disc which heats up and emits X-rays (bright white region at centre). For this reason, this type of system is known as an X- ray binary.
Credit:
Julian Baum/Science Source
Unique identifier:
SS2177586
Legacy Identifier:
S1073
Type:
Image
Size:
3543px × 2852px (~28 MB)
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accretion disc
astronomy
binary star system
black hole
R670/0014
R670/014
R6700014
stellar
x-ray binary star
