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Suborbital
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Topex-Poseidon
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Fibrocystic breast disease
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Barnacle
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svRNA
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Antidiabetic
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Apollo 1
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Pelleting
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Infertility
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Astrophysics
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Coconut
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Voyager 2
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Linux
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Cytochrome
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Core sampling
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Lentiginosis
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Thermolysis
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Sclerite
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Age-related macular degeneration
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DAT
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Correspondence principle
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Chromatophore
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Switching
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Insulation
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Neurosurgery
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VKA
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MAC
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RSPB
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Domain name
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Electromyogram
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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