XTE J1550-564 Double-star System, X-ray animation

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Uploaded by on Aug 9, 2007

This animation begins with a view outside of Milky Way and then zooms in on one of the spiral arms to the double-star system XTE J1550-564, which contains a black hole and a normal Sun-like star. As gaseous material is pulled off the companion star onto the black hole, it forms a disk that is heated to millions of degrees. The animation then shows the ejection and evolution of the jets of high-energy particles.
Animation: NASA/CXC/A.Hobart

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  • Im studying physics and Im so glad its not a 3 body system

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