x-ray binary star
A binary star system that produces a significant amount of x-ray radiation. When one of the components of a binary system is an extremely dense body such as a white dwarf or a neutron star, its enormous gravitational attraction can pull material from the other star into its own orbit, causing the accelerated matter to release high-energy photons in the x-ray spectrum. See more at accretion disk.
Words nearby x-ray binary star
x-radiation,
x-rated,
x-ray,
x-ray astronomy,
x-ray binary,
x-ray binary star,
x-ray burster,
x-ray crystallography,
x-ray diffraction,
x-ray microscope,
x-ray photograph