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New X-ray Binary System
December 27 , 2024
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- NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has helped astronomers better understand the shapes of structures essential to a black hole.
- The stellar-mass black hole, part of the binary system Swift J1727.8-1613, was discovered in the summer of 2023.
- The X-ray binary system formed when one star underwent a supernova explosion.
- The X-ray binary systems typically include two close-proximity stars at different stages of their lifecycle.
- This system consists of two stars in orbit, one collapsed into a black hole after exhausting its nuclear fuel.
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