Millisecond Pulsar Binary System (IMAGE)

Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics

Millisecond Pulsar Binary System

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Artist's rendition of a typical millisecond pulsar binary system in which the shape of the companion star (l.) is deformed by the gravitational pull of the pulsar (r.) seen emitting beams of radiation.

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