White Dwarf Binary ASKAP J1745-5051 (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

White Dwarf Binary ASKAP J1745-5051

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Artist’s impression of the white dwarf binary ASKAP J1745-5051. The smaller, dense white dwarf star is accreting material from the larger, but less dense red dwarf star. The interaction of their magnetic fields and the heat from the material accretion creates signals in radio and X-ray light frequencies. Credit: Carl Knox (OzGrav/Swinburne) and Dr. Joshua Preston Pritchard (CSIRO). 

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Credit: Carl Knox (OzGrav/Swinburne) and Dr. Joshua Preston Pritchard (CSIRO).

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