{"id":374318,"date":"2026-10-23T17:35:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=374318"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:35:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:05:56","slug":"centaurus-x-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centaurus-x-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Centaurus X-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Scientists found that Centaurus X-3 draws material through an accretion disk, a rare process in high-mass X-ray binaries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Centaurus X-3<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_374344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374344\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-374344\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-PIB-8.jpg?resize=385%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Centaurus X-3\" width=\"385\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-PIB-8.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-PIB-8.jpg?resize=768%2C435&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-PIB-8.jpg?w=783&amp;ssl=1 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-374344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Centaurus X-3<\/strong> is <strong>one of the brightest X-ray <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/objects-in-space\/\">pulsars<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is also one of the <strong>most widely studied binary pulsars.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> It is a <strong>high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB)<\/strong> with a companion star <strong>more than 10 times the Sun\u2019s mass.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It lies <strong>about 24,000 light-years from earth<\/strong>, in the <strong>constellation Centaurus.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features of Centaurus X-3<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Binary System:<\/strong> It contains a <strong>highly magnetized neutron star and an O-star companion.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The pulsar <strong>rotates once every 4.84 seconds<\/strong> and <strong>completes an orbit in 2.087 days.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>gathers material through a disk, an unusual process in high-mass X-ray binaries,<\/strong> where stellar wind capture is more common.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>stream transfers matter from the disk towards the pulsar, which guides it towards its magnetic poles.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Secondary radiation<\/strong> occurs when <strong>surrounding structures absorb and re-emit radiation from the pulsar.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Studying this radiation <strong>helps scientists understand the system\u2019s physical properties, such as its orientation and magneticfield strength, and improve models of binary pulsars.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"yellow-h2-box\">About Pulsars<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pulsars<\/strong> are <strong>rapidly spinning, highly magnetized <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/objects-in-space\/\">neutron stars<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Formation:<\/strong> They form when<strong> massive stars collapse and explode as supernovae, leaving behind dense cores.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Radiations:<\/strong> They release<strong> radiation from their magnetic poles, <\/strong>creating powerful beams of light.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regular Pulses:<\/strong> Their <strong>radiation<\/strong> reaches observers at <strong>regular intervals<\/strong>, ranging from milliseconds to seconds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Observation:<\/strong> Scientists have mainly <strong>observed pulsars at radio wavelengths.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Scientists found that Centaurus X-3 draws material through an accretion disk, a rare process in high-mass X-ray binaries. About Centaurus X-3 Centaurus X-3 is one of the brightest X-ray pulsars. It is also one of the most widely studied binary pulsars. Type: It is a high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) with a companion star more&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centaurus-x-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Centaurus X-3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-374318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}