File:Artist's impression of disc around a neutron star (43851278025).jpg

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This illustration shows a neutron star (RX J0806.4-4123) with a disc of warm dust that produces an infrared signature as detected by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The disc was not directly images, but one way to explain the data is by hypothesising a disc structure that could be 29 billion kilometres across. The disc would be made up of material falling back onto the neutron star after the supernova explosion that created the stellar remnant.

More information: <a href="https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1843a/" rel="nofollow">www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1843a/</a>

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NASA, ESA, and N. Tr’Ehnl (Pennsylvania State University)
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Hubble Space Telescope / ESA at https://flickr.com/photos/51268976@N08/43851278025. It was reviewed on 7 December 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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