Einstein Probe's “Lobster Eyes” Detect Puzzling Energy Burst Coming from an Odd Binary System

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Einstein Probe's “Lobster Eyes” Detect Puzzling Energy Burst Coming from an Odd Binary System

A rare X-ray flash emanating from a unique binary star system was recently spotted by the Einstein Probe, treating an international team of astronomers to a rare celestial occurrence. The probe’s latest discovery offers essential new data on the evolution of massive stars and how they interact, as well as the Einstein probe’s formidable capabilities in spotting transient X-ray sources from deep in space. The Einstein probe, led by the Chinese Ac…