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Gravitational Waves

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-eto99-40128

Image Size 300 DPI: 30 * 20 cm

The collision of two neutron stars, dense, compact objects produced gravitational waves – fluctuations in the fabric of spacetime – that were detected by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration on 17 August 2017.

Keywords for this photo:

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