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In black space, the accretion disk is represented as a flat swirling disk with blue, pink red colors, and in the middle of it is tiny, glowing white sphere, the neutron star. Behind the accretion disk is a large teal sphere, the sun-like star. A teal noodle flows from the star to the accretion disk, representing the material drawn away from the star.

Spotlight: Apr 12, 2023

Astronomers have mapped the winds gusting out from a neutron star as it draws material away from a sun-like star. The findings may offer clues to how supermassive black holes shape entire galaxies.

Apr 12, 2023

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Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT. Based on an image of Hercules X-1 by D. Klochkov, European Space Agency.