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IXPE Discovers New Ultra-Luminous X-ray Source in Milky Way


Cygnus X-3, an X-ray binary system located some 7,400 parsecs (24,136 light-years) in the constellation of Cygnus, represents a class of ultraluminous X-ray sources.

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