Scorpius X-1

If you could see X-rays, maybe you’d see this.

Near the Galactic Center, the Fermi bubbles would glow bright… but the supernova remnant Vela, the neutron star Scorpius X-1 and a lot of activity in the constellation of Cygnus would stand out.

Scorpius X-1 was the first X-ray source in space to be found after the Sun. It was discovered by accident when a rocket launched to detect X-rays from the Moon went off course!

But why is it making so many X-rays?

Scorpius X-1 is a double star about 9,000...