Cir X-1: Jets in the Africa Nebula

By |2025-09-03T13:44:26-04:00September 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day How soon do jets form when a supernova gives birth to a neutron star? The Africa Nebula provides clues. This supernova remnant surrounds Circinus X-1, an X-ray emitting neutron star and the companion star it orbits. The image, from the ThunderKAT collaboration on the MeerKAT radio telescope situated in South [...]