Radioactive cloud after neutron star collision (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

Radioactive cloud after neutron star collision

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Artistic impression of a neutron star collision that, in addition to the radioactive fire cloud, leaves behind a black hole and a jet of fast-moving material from its poles.

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Illustration: O.S. SALAFIA, G. GHIRLANDA, CXC/NASA, GSFC, B. WILLIAMS ET AL

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