NASA' Hubble Telescope captures two neutron stars colliding

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The collision occurred in 2017 and its jet was captured by Hubble Space Telescope. Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of supergiant stars.

According to @nasahubble Instagram

"Hubble made a unique measurement indicating that a jet, plowing through space at speeds greater than 99.97% the speed of light, was propelled by the collision between two neutron stars. Neutron stars are the surviving cores of massive stars that exploded.

While the collision took place in 2017, it has taken several years for scientists to come up with a way to analyze the Hubble data and data from other telescopes to paint this full picture."

Credit: NASA / Hubble
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