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Cataclysmic neutron star merger generates powerful jet

27 February 2019 Astronomy Now

Astronomers studying the aftermath of the merger of two neutron stars have found what appears to be a powerful jet blasting through a shell of debris.

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Neutron star merger generated illusion of superluminal jet

10 September 2018 Astronomy Now

The merger of two neutron stars, observed in August, created two powerful jets streaming away into space at nearly the speed of light, in agreement with theoretical predictions and shedding new light on gamma ray bursts.

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LIGO’s twin black holes might have been born inside a single star

24 February 2016 Astronomy Now

On 14 September 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes 29 and 36 times the mass of the Sun. New research suggests that the two black holes might have resided inside a single, massive star whose death generated a gamma-ray burst detected by the Fermi Space Telescope.

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    Is the Hubble Tension Resolved?
    9 June 2025
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    Universe’s end – sooner rather than later
    16 May 2025
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    A faint star will reveal itself as it throws a hissy-fit
    26 March 2025
  • Saturn
    Saturn’s Rings to “Disappear”
    24 March 2025
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    The Lithium Problem
    17 March 2025
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