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Image adapted from Paper II.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-24T19:41:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2013/06/03/an-ultra-magnetized-neutron-star-awakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ns_arti.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image converted using ifftoany</image:title><image:caption>Artist’s concept of an explosion on the surface of a neutron star. 

Credit: NASA/Dana Berry.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/magnetar_artist.jpg</image:loc><image:title>magnetar_artist</image:title><image:caption>An artist impression of a magnetar. 
Credit: Vanishin/DeviantART.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T15:07:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2021/03/12/the-mystery-of-unbreakable-radio-jets/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-05T15:06:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2021/07/30/to-be-or-not-to-be-superfluid/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-05T15:06:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2020/07/02/a-very-controversial-black-hole/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/640px-doppler_shift.gif</image:loc><image:title>640px-Doppler_shift</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T15:05:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2020/11/12/calling-all-telescopes-for-duty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/screen-shot-2022-01-05-at-00.36.42.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2022-01-05 at 00.36.42</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T15:04:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2020/05/15/crazy-jet-experiment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/rxsj1804_xmm_bursts.png</image:loc><image:title>rxsj1804_xmm_bursts</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T15:04:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2020/03/25/changing-emission-mechanisms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/14u_fits.png</image:loc><image:title>14U_fits</image:title><image:caption>The X-ray and UV flux of Aql X-1 over an entire outburst. It can be seen that the emission at the two wavelengths is coupled in a different manner when the source is bright than when it is faint. Moreover, the UV flux is fainter during the decay (yellow/green points) than during the rise (blue/purple points) of the outburst.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T15:03:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2019/12/20/a-changing-accretion-morphology-exposed/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/4u1608_combi.png</image:loc><image:title>4U1608_combi</image:title><image:caption>NICER and NuSTAR spectra of 4U1608-52. The left panel shows the data obtained during several instances along the 2018 outburst. Data obtained during the 2014 outburst is shown for comparison. A prominent feature can be seen between 5 and 10 keV that is referred to as the iron (Fe-K) line and gives information about the accretion geometry. The right panel shows that this emission feature disappears during the decay of the outburst, which shows that there is a dramatic change in the accretion flow.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T15:03:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2019/06/15/a-mysterious-source-of-heat/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/aqlx1_cool_3outbursts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aqlx1_cool_3outbursts</image:title><image:caption>The observed temperature of the neutron star in Aql X-1 after three different outbursts. Although the outbursts were very similar and we thus expected the neutron star to heat up and cool down in the same way, the temperature evolution after the 2016 outburst (black stars) was very different from that seen after the 2011 (red circles) and 2013 (blue squares) outbursts.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T15:02:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2019/08/12/astrophysical-pollution/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/int_bigger.png</image:loc><image:title>INT_bigger</image:title><image:caption>The Isaac Newton Telescope on La Palma. Photo credit: http://tmtlapalma.org/en/neighbours-of-roque-los-muchachos-isaac-newton-telescope-int/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T15:02:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2019/03/15/dont-overfeed-the-neutron-star/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/chandra_detailed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spacecraft labled new 2019</image:title><image:caption>Schematic overview of the Chandra X-ray satellite, with which we performed this research. Image credit: NASA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fat_cat_crop.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fat_cat_crop</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fat_cat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fat_cat</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T15:00:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2018/12/15/a-very-radio-bright-neutron-star/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/lx_lr_igrj1759_russel2018.png</image:loc><image:title>Lx_Lr_IGRJ1759_russel2018</image:title><image:caption>Radio and X-ray luminosities of a large collection of black holes (black circles) and different classes of neutron stars (grey circles, pink squares and cyan triangles). The location of IGR J17591-2342 in this diagram depends on its unknown distance and is indicated by the different coloured symbols. Unless the source is very nearby (at &lt;3 kpc), it is unusually radio bright for a neutron star.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:57:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2018/06/15/facts-and-myths-about-neutron-star-jets/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gallo2018_lx_lr.png</image:loc><image:title>gallo2018_Lx_Lr</image:title><image:caption>Radio versus X-ray luminosity of about 36 black holes (black filled circles) and 41 neutron stars (red open diamonds). The solid lines and shaded areas represent statistical fits to the correlation between the radio and X-ray luminosity. The resulting coupling index beta is quoted for both populations and is consistent with being the same within the errors.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jet_arti.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jet_arti</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:51:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2018/10/15/a-new-class-of-jet-sources/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lc_swj0432_short.png</image:loc><image:title>lc_swj0432_short</image:title><image:caption>Discovery of a radio jet launched by the strongly magnetic neutron star in Swift J0243.6+6124. Shown is the X-ray light curve from Swift/BAT in black together with our radio observations from VLA in red. After an initial non-detection in the radio, we detected the jet emission during the peak of the outburst and watched it fade in tandem with the decrease in X-rays. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/highb_jet_arti.jpg</image:loc><image:title>highB_jet_arti</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:50:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2018/03/15/what-do-neutron-stars-look-like-inside/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ska.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SKA</image:title><image:caption>Illustration of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), which is currently in the design phase. This radio facility is expected to be transformable in many areas of science, including measuring the masses (and spins) of neutron stars.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:49:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2017/08/01/a-new-regime-to-study-jets/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/jakob_radio_gx14.png</image:loc><image:title>jakob_radio_gx14</image:title><image:caption>VLA radio image (9 GHz) of GX 1+4.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/neutronenster_met_jet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>neutronenster_met_jet</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:48:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2017/05/04/the-devastating-impact-of-x-ray-bursts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/corona.jpg</image:loc><image:title>corona</image:title><image:caption>Schematic overview of three different possible geometries for the corona in an X-ray binary. The neutron star is indicated as the red ball, the accretion disk as the brown surface, and the corona as the grey structure.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bliksem_bruin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bliksem_bruin</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:47:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2016/12/02/a-very-cold-neutron-star/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/neutron_star_e.gif</image:loc><image:title>neutron_star_e</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:46:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2016/09/05/staring-at-a-very-faint-x-ray-binary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nasa_ns_pulsar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nasa_ns_pulsar</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:45:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2016/06/15/characterizing-a-new-x-ray-binary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/bh_binary_nasa_artistimpression_small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh_binary_nasa_artistimpression_small</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/fotograven.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fotograven</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:45:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2016/02/11/accreting-or-cooling/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/bexraybinary_artistimpress.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bexraybinary_artistimpress</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:44:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2015/12/17/a-mathematical-tool-to-study-x-ray-bursts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/nustar_nasa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nustar_nasa</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:43:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2015/09/01/breaking-model-degeneracies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bat_maxi_longterm_aqlx1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bat_maxi_longterm_AqlX1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-160110-2941_x100s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cropped-160110-2941_x100s</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-121027-0975_s100.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cropped-121027-0975_s100</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:43:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2015/05/06/research-item-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/reflection_schematic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reflection_schematic</image:title><image:caption>Schematic representation of the reflection of X-ray radiation off an accretion disk. Credit: Gilfanov M., 2010, Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 794, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 17</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/090628_7550.jpg</image:loc><image:title>090628_7550</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:42:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2015/02/24/research/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gc_swift_2006_2014_withnames.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gc_swift_2006_2014_withnames</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:41:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2014/11/14/try-out-blog/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/reflectie_yosemite1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reflectie_Yosemite1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/diskwind.jpg</image:loc><image:title>diskwind</image:title><image:caption>

Artist impression of an X-ray binary with a strong disk wind.

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Chandra X-ray observatory / M. Weiss
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/090628_7548.jpg</image:loc><image:title>090628_7548</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:41:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2014/08/18/a-neutron-star-with-a-split-personality/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/boy_shadow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boy_shadow</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ns_pulsar_xrb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ns_pulsar_xrb</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:39:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2022/01/30/volatile-flickering-of-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:35:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2022/04/17/a-new-type-of-cosmic-explosion-discovered-meet-the-micronova/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/eso2207a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Artist’s impression of a micronova</image:title><image:caption>This artist’s impression shows a two-star system where micronovae may occur. The blue disc swirling around the bright white dwarf in the centre of the image is made up of material, mostly hydrogen, stolen from its companion star. Towards the centre of the disc, the white dwarf uses its strong magnetic fields to funnel the hydrogen towards its poles. As the material falls on the hot surface of the star, it triggers a micronova explosion, contained by the magnetic fields at one of the white dwarf’s poles.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/micronova_artist2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Artist’s impression of a micronova (close up)</image:title><image:caption>This artist’s impression shows a two-star system, with a white dwarf (in the foreground) and a companion star (in the background), where micronovae may occur. The white dwarf steals materials from its companion, which is funneled towards its poles. As the material falls on the hot surface of the white dwarf, it triggers a micronova explosion, contained at one of the star’s poles.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:32:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2022/06/30/gone-with-the-wind-discovery-of-a-persistent-uv-outflow-from-a-neutron-star/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ns_uv_winds_gabriel_perez_iac.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ns_uv_winds_gabriel_perez_iac</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:31:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2014/04/10/chemical-processes-in-the-crust-of-a-neutron-star/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/accreted-crust.png</image:loc><image:title>accreted-crust</image:title><image:caption>Schematic overview of the interior of a neutron star. 

Credit: Chamel &amp; Haensel 2008, LRR 11, 10</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/indonesia_vulcano_smoke.jpg</image:loc><image:title>indonesia_vulcano_smoke</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:23:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2014/01/11/the-accretion-flow-around-a-black-hole/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/blackhole_accretionflow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blackhole_accretionflow</image:title><image:caption>Artist impression of the accretion flow around a black hole. 

Credit: NASA/Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:22:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2013/10/06/challenging-theoretical-models/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/terzan5_edser.png</image:loc><image:title>terzan5_edser</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T14:21:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2013/04/17/the-table-manners-of-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gc_swift_2006_2014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gc_swift_2006_2014</image:title><image:caption>Three-color accumulated Swift X-ray Telescope Image of the Galactic center (2006-2014). </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T13:49:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2013/01/05/the-effects-of-a-violent-thermonuclear-burst/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/xrayburst.jpg</image:loc><image:title>xrayburst</image:title><image:caption>An artist impression of an interacting binary. 

Image credits: David. A. Hardy / STFC</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T13:48:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2012/11/02/real-time-cooling-of-a-neutron-star/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/xrb_arti.jpg</image:loc><image:title>XRB_arti</image:title><image:caption>An artist impression of an X-ray binary. 

Credit: Stuart Littlefair.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T13:47:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2011/06/14/peeking-into-the-crust-of-a-neutron-star/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ns_struc_5.png</image:loc><image:title>ns_struc_5</image:title><image:caption>A schematic overview of the interior of a neutron star.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T13:47:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2012/10/14/swift-a-neutron-star-finding-machine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/swift.jpg</image:loc><image:title>swift</image:title><image:caption>Artist impression of the Swift satellite. 

Credit: NASA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T13:45:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2012/07/07/staring-at-the-center-of-the-milky-way/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gcenter_chandra_wang.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A 400 by 900 light-year mosaic of images located about 26,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.</image:title><image:caption>Chandra X-ray image of the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. 

Credit: NASA/Wang et al. 2002.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T13:45:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2012/05/01/quiescent-but-not-quite/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/swiftj1749_press.jpg</image:loc><image:title>swiftj1749_press</image:title><image:caption>Schematic representation of the eclipsing binary Swift J1749.4-2807. 

Credit: NASA/GSFC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T13:44:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2012/02/19/chasing-the-faint-asca-x-ray-sources/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/asca_galactic_center.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ASCA_galactic_center</image:title><image:caption>X-ray image from the ASCA survey of the Galactic Centre.

Credit: Sugizaki et al. 2001.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T13:43:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2011/10/01/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/terzan5_exo1745_combi2.png</image:loc><image:title>terzan5_exo1745_combi2</image:title><image:caption>Three-color images of the globular cluster Terzan 5, obtained with the Chandra X-ray satellite.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T13:40:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2011/03/01/some-neutron-stars-go-booooooom/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-05T13:35:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/research/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gc_swift_2006_2014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gc_swift_2006_2014</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T13:33:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/contact/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/biljart_nathalie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>biljart_nathalie</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/shapeimage_11.png</image:loc><image:title>shapeimage_1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-06T06:14:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/2013/08/03/awaiting-activity-of-the-milky-way-supermassive-black-hole/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://nathaliedegenaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/agn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AGN</image:title><image:caption>An artist impression of an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN).

Credit: ESA/NASA, the AVO project and Paolo Padovani.
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