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Protoplanetary disk
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Ombrophile
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Abrasion
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Flatulence
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Hyaloclastites
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Eutrophication
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Lavender
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Encephalitis
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Internal fertilisation
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Shared resource radio network
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Routing
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Halogen lamp
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Time-lapse
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Homeogene
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Condyloid
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Radio telescope
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Ariane 5
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Loco-regional
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Random number
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Rheology
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e-Couponing
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Reduced substance
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Nematocyte
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Allosteric site
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Carat
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Stellar aberration
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Anaemia
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Composite
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Irradiation
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Heat lightning
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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