McNeil's Nebula Protostar Flaunts its X-ray Spots
During outbursts, the infant star in McNeil's Nebula may brighten by
100 times at X-ray energies. In this animation, based on findings by
NASA's Chandra Observatory, the Japan/U.S. Suzaku spacecraft, and
Europe's XMM-Newton satellite, magnetic fields drive powerful flows
onto the star, creating two hot spots that produce the high-energy
emission.