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P. Marenfeld and NOAO/AURA/NSF

Accretion Disk Around Binary Star System WZ Sge

An artist's concept of the accretion disk around the binary star system WZ Sge using data from Kitt Peak National Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope, which includes an asymmetric outer disk of dark matter.

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Related links: Dark Matter Discovered in Accretion Disks--Suggests Major Revisions to Concepts of Disk Structure and Luminosity



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