NASA’s Fermi Detects First Gamma-Ray Eclipses From ‘Spider’ Star Systems [W[R]C]
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Listen to “NASA’s Fermi Detects First Gamma-Ray Eclipses From ‘Spider’ Star Systems [W[R]C]” on Spreaker.An orbiting star begins to eclipse its partner, a rapidly rotating, superdense stellar remnant called a pulsar, in this illustration. The pulsar emits multiwavelength beams of light that rotate in and out of view and produces outflows that heat the star’s facing side, blowing away material and eroding its partner.
Credits: NASA/Sonoma State University, Aurore Simonnet
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