Binary Artist Concept 2 (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Binary Artist Concept 2

Caption

This artist's interpretation shows what happens when an orbiting pair of white dwarfs gets too close, allowing one star to begin to siphoning material off of its partner. The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) is well-suited to detect binary star systems like this one.

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Caltech

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