#AstroSat observations detect thermonuclear X-ray bursts on Cygnus X-2
“#AstroSat observations detect thermonuclear X-ray bursts on Cygnus X-2” The raw light curve of Cyg X-2. Credit: Devasia et al., 2020. Using the AstroSat spacecraft, Indian astronomers have identified thermonuclear X-ray bursts on the low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) Cygnus X-2. The finding, reported in a paper published August 17 on the arXiv preprint server, could…