An artist's impression of the accretion disk around the compact object in the X-ray binary system Cygnus X-3, showing the X-rays scattering off the interior of the funnel-shaped cavity before being ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the black hole binary system Cygnus X-3 compact object likely a black hole and ...

A massive Wolf-Rayet star in the Cygnus X-3 system is speeding toward its destruction, torn apart by the powerful gravitational forces of what may be a black hole. This system, located 32,000 ...

Cygnus X-3 is a high-mass binary consisting of a compact object (likely a black hole) and a hot Wolf-Rayet star. This artist's concept shows one interpretation of the system. High-resolution X-ray ...

A snapshot of the stellar life cycle has been captured in a new portrait from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Smithsonian’s Submillimeter Array (SMA). A cloud that is giving birth to stars ...

An artist’s impression of the Cygnus X-1 system, with the black hole appearing in the center and its companion star on the left. New measurements from Cygnus X-1, reported Nov. 3 in the journal ...

The X-ray-emitting binary system Cygnus X-3 features a massive star donating matter to a compact object, probably a black hole. That may explain its perplexing brightness. When you purchase through ...

Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating binary system that is thought to contain a "hidden" black hole and a ...

A binary system containing a massive star and what is probably a black hole, and which together are a source of intense X-rays, has been shown to be a smaller-scale example of some of the most ...

"For XRISM, Cygnus X-3 is a Goldilocks target." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and ...