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Homeopathy
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Google Bombing
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Coraciiformes
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Durability
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Off-shore
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SACD
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Asynchronous
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Echocardiography
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Pelagic
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Ovulation test
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Intumescent
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Delta IV Heavy
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Dreikanter
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Gill rakers
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Imbibition
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Thermal energy
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Intrusion
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Tetanus
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Vapour barrier
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Man-in-the-middle attack
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Endoplasmic reticulum
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Lipid
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Elliptical galaxy
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Dwarf planet
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Parallax
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Potential energy
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Nephroblastoma
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Fibonacci series
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Coal
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Piezoelectricity
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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