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Cecilia Scorza, EU-UNAWE Germany

The Disappearance of the Cosmic Spinning Tops

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In this picture we can see two stars circling around each other, containing a white dwarf (the larger star) and a pulsar (the smaller star). Although we cannot see it in reality, an artist has tried to demonstrate how the fabric of spacetime scrunches around the stars.

Credit:

ESO/L. Calçada