Magnetized Neutron Accreting Black Hole Illustration (IMAGE)

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Magnetized Neutron Accreting Black Hole Illustration

Caption

The above image shows a long exposure of the SOAR telescope with overlaid illustrations of a highly magnetized neutron star (top left) and an accreting black hole (top right).

Credit

D. Maturana & NOAO/AURA/NSF; Overlay (top left): NASA/Penn State University/Casey Reed; (top right): NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

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