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Iron-bearing formation
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Adjuvant
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Erythropoiesis
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Decoy hunting
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Fertilisation
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Cryogenic
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Disseminated
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Triclinic system
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Ganymede
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Allanite
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Radon
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Detoxification
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Bone
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OB association
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PCM
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Anadromous
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Mumps virus
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Proxy
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Clinker
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Endocarditis
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Scanning electron microscope
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AFSSAPS
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ADSL 2+
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Launch vehicle
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Diflubenzuron
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Bronchiole
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Saliva
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Cheyne-Stokes Respiration
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Planking
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Sub-critical reactor
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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