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Phobos-Grunt
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Transgenic plant
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Antiseptic
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Sale by the cord
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Heteroatom
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Font
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Blood cells
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Hybrid vehicle
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Coal
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VLBI
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Packet switching
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Virgo
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Cytology
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LPS
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Haematology
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Aphotic zone
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Surgery
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Debugger
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Polynomial
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Backdoor
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Splenectomy
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Aluminium silicates
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Blob
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Biomass
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Exoprosthesis
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Cape Canaveral
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Tardigrade
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Half-Life
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Demodulation
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Clinker
X-ray binary
An X-ray binary system is a system formed from an "ordinary" star orbiting around a neutron star. Thanks to its intense gravitational field, the neutron star cannibalises its accompanying star, forming an accretion disk around it.
Artist's impression of an X-ray binary system accompanied by a continuous jet of matter.
(Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC))
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