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- noun astronomy, stars A high-energy binary star system that includes
black hole orneutron star and which resembles aquasar .
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Wednesday July 14, 2010 black hole system known as a microquasar, wherein a black hole exists along with a companion star from which it accretes material.
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The microquasar is a binary system known as Cygnus X-3.
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The microquasar is a binary system known as Cygnus X-3.
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Which leaves the possibility that it could be a smaller-scale "microquasar".
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Which leaves the possibility that it could be a smaller-scale "microquasar".
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Cygnus X-3 has been dubbed a "microquasar", since it resembles quasars, the flaring supermassive black holes at the centres of some galaxies.
Signs of the Times 2009
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The least exotic possibilities include, e.g., a nearby pulsar, a 'microquasar' or a stellar-mass black hole-all are capable of accelerating electrons to these energies.
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The least exotic possibilities include, e.g., a nearby pulsar, a 'microquasar' or a stellar-mass black hole-all are capable of accelerating electrons to these energies.
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Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows an astronomical mystery: are we seeing gas jets from a microquasar near Cygnus X-1?
Archive 2009-06-01 Fred Kiesche 2009
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Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows an astronomical mystery: are we seeing gas jets from a microquasar near Cygnus X-1?
The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2009
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