Artist’s depiction of an X-ray binary system (IMAGE)

University of Toyama

Artist’s depiction of an X-ray binary system

Caption

These types of black holes, which draw matter from a nearby star into their accretion disk, sometimes eject powerful jets under conditions that are still not fully understood. 

Credit

Юрий Д.К. from Wikimedia Commons Source Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%27s_impression_of_a_black_hole_system.jpg

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