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Neutron star collision continues to emit X-rays, puzzling astronomers – CNET
The first-ever neutron star merger detected by gravitational waves is still giving off X-rays, 1,000 days after the cataclysmic event.
Two neutron stars colliding, generating gravitational waves and a huge, bright jet.
Caltech/LIGO
When two neutron stars smashed into each other, about 130 million light-years from Earth, the universe lit up. The collision, between some of the densest objects in the cosmos, produced gravitational waves and a spattering of fireworks on Aug. 17, 2017. Dozens of telescopes on Earth captured the rare merger across different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. First, there came a burst of h…
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