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Superfast Jet of Material Blasted Out From Last Year’s Neutron Star Merger

By: RAS_WEB
On: September 12, 2018
In: News, RSSfeeds, Universe Today

Superfast Jet of Material Blasted Out From Last Year’s Neutron Star Merger

According to a new study by an international team of astronomers, last year’s kilonova event (where two neutron stars merged) resulted in a jet of material traveling at close to the speed of light.

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