Cygnus X-1 System (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Cygnus X-1 System

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An artist’s impression of the Cygnus X-1 system, with the black hole appearing in the center and its companion star on the left. New measurements from Cygnus X-1, reported Nov. 3 in the journal Science, represent the first observations of a mass-accreting black hole from the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, an international collaboration between NASA and the Italian Space Agency.

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John Paice

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Embargoed until 3-NOV-2022 14:00 ET. For editorial purposes. Credit: John Paice.

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