The merging scenario (artist’s impression)
Animation of two neutron stars orbiting each other and gradually being dragged together. The end result is a gigantic explosion where two jets are emitted. If one of the jets points toward the Earth we observe a short gamma-ray burst.
Credit:Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institue, University of Copenhagen/Jan Rasmussen DRC
About the Image
| Id: | eso0533c |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 6 October 2005 |
| Related releases: | eso0533 |
| Size: | 2440 x 1836 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Gamma-ray burst, Neutron star |
| Type: | Unspecified : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Neutron Star Unspecified : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Gamma Ray Burst |
| Category: | Illustrations |
