Artist's impression of a binary system consisting of a black hole and a main sequence (normal) star. The black hole is drawing matter from the main sequence star via an accretion disk around it, and some of this matter forms a gas jet.

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Artist's impression of a binary system consisting of a black hole and a main sequence (normal) star. The black hole is drawing matter from the main sequence star via an accretion disk around it, and some of this matter forms a gas jet.



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