video of the X-ray binary system MAXI J1820+070 (VIDEO)

University of Turku

Caption

Artist impression of the X-ray binary system MAXI J1820+070 containing a black hole (small black dot at the center of the gaseous disk) and a companion star. A narrow jet is directed along the black hole spin axis, which is strongly misaligned from the rotation axis of the orbit. Image produced with Binsim.

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R. Hynes

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