Whirlpool Galaxy Hosts X-Ray Sources Orbiting Sun-Like Stars

Whirlpool Galaxy Hosts X-Ray Sources Orbiting Sun-Like Stars

The Chandra X-ray Observatory detected over 400 x-ray sources within the galaxy. Several of them are X-ray binary systems that contain a neutron star or black hole orbiting a Sun-like star.br br br Credit: NASACXCA.


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Uploaded: 2014-06-17

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