Black Widow Binary (IMAGE)

Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics

Black Widow Binary

Caption

The pulsar PSR B1957+20 is seen in the background through the cloud of gas enveloping its brown dwarf star companion.

Credit

Dr. Mark A. Garlick; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto

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