An artist’s impression of an X-ray binary star system.

An artist’s impression of an X-ray binary star system. This shows the normal star in yellow/red, the disc of rotating matter, the neutron star sitting in its centre, and the ‘radio jet’ shooting out.

Credit: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

New insights on binary star systems

Astronomy and astrophysics
Astrophysics

Researchers from the 91̽»¨ have contributed to a major international study which has captured a rare and fascinating space phenomenon. The study has been published in . Dr Jakob van den Eijnden, from the 91̽»¨â€™s Department of Physics, lead the analysis of the data from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array.