# X-ray star

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**X-ray star** may refer to:

- [Be/X-ray binary](/source/Be/X-ray_binary), a class of high-mass X-ray binaries that consist of a Be star and a neutron star
- [X-ray binary](/source/X-ray_binary), a class of binary stars that are luminous in X-rays
- [X-ray burster](/source/X-ray_burster), a class of X-ray binary stars exhibiting periodic and rapid increases in luminosity that peak in the X-ray regime of the electromagnetic spectrum
- [X-ray pulsar](/source/X-ray_pulsar), a class of astronomical objects that are X-ray sources displaying strict periodic variations in X-ray intensity

## See also

- [X-ray astronomy](/source/X-ray_astronomy)

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