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Stellar Winds, the Source material for the Universe, are Clumpy

Illustration of a high-mass X-ray binary system made up of a compact, incredibly dense neutron star paired with a massive ‘normal’ supergiant star. New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that the neutron star in the high-mass X-ray binary, OAO 1657-415, passed through a dense patch of stellar wind from its companion star, demonstrating the clumpy nature of stellar winds.
Credit: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss

Data recorded by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory of a neutron star as it passed through a dense patch of stellar wind emanating from its massive companion star provide valuable insight about the structure and composition of stellar winds and about the environment of the neutron star itself...

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