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Why is the mysterious object Cygnus X-3 so bright? Astronomers may now find the answer

A binary system containing a massive star and possibly a black hole, together being a source of intense X-rays, has been shown to be a smaller-scale example of some of the brightest quasars on Earth. Universe. New findings from an international team used NASA‘S Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer spacecraft (IXPE), approximately 24,000 images of an… Read More »

Are stars disappearing into their own black holes? A strange binary system says ‘yes’

Scientists have discovered strong evidence that there are some. big stars They end their existence not with a bang but with a whimper and sink into a swamp. black hole Without the light and anger of a being, their own actions supernova. To understand why this matters, we need to start with a crash course… Read More »