Fermi Spots Gamma-ray Eclipsing 'Spider Systems'

  • Released Thursday, January 26, 2023
  • ID: 14281
An orbiting star begins to eclipse its partner, a rapidly rotating, superdense stellar remnant called a pulsar, in this illustration. The pulsar emits multiwavelength beams of light that rotate in and out of view and produces outflows that heat the star’s facing side, blowing away material and eroding its partner.Credit: NASA/Sonoma State University, Aurore Simonnet

An orbiting star begins to eclipse its partner, a rapidly rotating, superdense stellar remnant called a pulsar, in this illustration. The pulsar emits multiwavelength beams of light that rotate in and out of view and produces outflows that heat the star’s facing side, blowing away material and eroding its partner.

Credit: NASA/Sonoma State University, Aurore Simonnet

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For More Information

See https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-s-fermi-detects-first-gamma-ray-eclipses-from-spider-star-systems/

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  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-022-01874-x

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