Accretion disk around binary star system. Computer illustration of the accretion disk around the binary star system WZ Sagittae (WZ Sge). WZ Sge is a cataclysmic dwarf nova star system that lies in the Sagitta constellation. It consists of a white dwarf primary star that is orbited by a low mass companion star. Using data from the Kitt Peak National Observatory and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope,a new picture of this system has emerged which includes an asymmetric outer disk of dark matter | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / NSF / AURA / P. Marenfeld and NOAO |
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