Binary Star System (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Physics

Binary Star System

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Artwork of the binary star system RS Ophiuchi: Matter flows from the red giant onto the white dwarf. The newly added stellar envelopes explode in a bright nova about every 15 years.

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