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Colliding neutron stars

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-eto99-40127

Image Size 300 DPI: 26 * 32 cm

This artist’s impression shows two tiny but very dense neutron stars at the point at which they merge and explode as a kilonova. Such a very rare event is expected to produce both gravitational waves and a short gamma-ray burst.

Keywords for this photo:

2017 - ASTRONOMY - BINARY STAR - COLLISION - EXPLOSION - FUSION - GAMMA RAY BURST - GRAVITATIONAL WAVE - ILLUSTRATION - KILONOVA - MAGNETIC FIELD - NEUTRON STAR - SPACETIME - STAR - SUPERNOVA - VIRGO -