INAF-OAPA researchers observe for the first time X-ray emission from an active region in a B star

The study of the X-ray emission from stars provides an unmatched view of those energetic phenomena occurring in stars. In massive stars (O and early B stars), soft X-ray photons (less energetic than about 1 keV) are emitted from shocks in stellar winds. More energetic photons (the hard X-ray emission) is due to colliding stellar winds in binary systems or
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