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Quasar Merger
From a NOIRLab press release, for which this image was commissioned. The scene
depicts quasars that are poised to merge, after their respective host galaxies have
collided. ...
Keywords:
accretion, active, Adobe Photoshop, AGN, astronomy, astrophysics, beam, black ho...
GRB from NS Collision - V2
From a NOIRLab press releases, for which this image was commissioned: 'Astronomers
studying a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) with the Gemini South telescope, operated
by NSF’s NOIRLab, may have detected a never-before-seen way to destroy a star.
Un...
Keywords:
accretion, active, Adobe Photoshop, AGN, astronomy, astrophysics, beam, black ho...
Supernova Progenitor HD265435
Astronomers led by a team from Warwick University have found a binary star which they
believe is heading towards a supernova. Light variations from the system (called
HD265435) indicate that the larger star is distorted into a teardrop shape by its
d...
Keywords:
... of Warwick, white dwarf, X-ray binary, X-rays
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White Dwarf G29-38 Accreting Debris
Artist's impression of a white dwarf, G29-38, accreting planetary material from a
circumstellar debris disk. When the planetary material hits the white dwarf surface,
a plasma is formed and cools via detectable X-ray emission....
Keywords:
... ng, University of Warwick, white dwarf, X-rays
...
Dormant Black Hole
Black holes normally reveal themselves in astronomy because they are surrounded by
discs of gas, heated to high temperatures, stolen from nearby stars. The X-rays emitted from these accretion discs give away the
black hole although it cannot itself b...
Keywords:
Adobe Photoshop, animation, astrophysics, black hole, blue giant, distortion, gr...