X-ray flashes detected from the low-mass X-ray binary system IGR J17407−2808

Astronomers have recently observed a low-mass X-ray binary known as IGR J17407−2808 with NuSTAR and XMM-Newton space telescopes. In result, they detected several fast X-ray flares from this source. The finding was reported in a paper published April 18 on the arXiv pre-print repository.


Click here for original story, X-ray flashes detected from the low-mass X-ray binary system IGR J17407−2808


Source: Phys.org