PSR B1259-63: Pulsar Punches Hole In Stellar Disk
23 July, 2015
- A clump of material has been jettisoned from a double star system at incredibly high speeds.
- X-rays from Chandra reveal that a pulsar in orbit around a massive star punched through a circumstellar disk of material.
- Three Chandra observations of the system were taken between December 2011 and February 2014.
- The data suggest the clump may even be accelerating due to the pulsar's powerful winds.
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