Srtistic vision of a system consisting of a black hole ripping the gas from the companion star.
This spiraling gas creates a disk of matter around it.nmPart of what rushes towards the black hole is then accelerated at speeds close to that of light in the two visible jets. (Courtesy NASA)
Source: ISAF Natonal Insttute of Atrophysics – Italy
The Rossi X- ray Timing jxplorer spacecraf undergoes pre- launch tests in 1995
Credit: NASA/GSFC