Celestial odd couple: Massive star and white dwarf caught in X-ray flash

Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new way to explore how massive stars interact and evolve, confirming the unique power of the mission to uncover fleeting X-ray sources in the sky. The work is published on the arXiv preprint server and forthcoming in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.