Binary Neutron Star Merger (with magnetic fields)

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Binary Neutron Star Merger (with magnetic fields)
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2018-06-20 - commons.wikimedia.org

Summary

This movie shows the final stages of the coalescence and the merging of two neutron stars. Neutron stars are dense objects created in certain supernova explosions, and concentrate around 1.5 solar masses inside a radius less than 20 km. Further, they can have extreme magnetic fields. The merging of

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  • Source collection: Wikimedia Commons
  • License: CC / Public Domain
  • Category: Space

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