Cataclysmic collision
Artist’s illustration of two merging neutron stars. The rippling space-time grid represents gravitational waves that travel out from the collision, while the narrow beams show the bursts of gamma rays that are shot out just seconds after the gravitational waves. Swirling clouds of material ejected from the merging stars are also depicted. The clouds glow with visible and other wavelengths of light.
Credit:NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet
About the Image
Id: | eso1733v |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | 16 October 2017, 16:00 |
Related releases: | eso1733 |
Size: | 5358 x 7500 px |
About the Object
Name: | Neutron star |
Type: | Unspecified : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Neutron Star |
Category: | Illustrations |
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