GW170817 (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

GW170817

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This illustration depicts the merger of two neutron stars. The rippling spacetime grid represents gravitational waves that travel out from the collision, while the narrow beams show the burst of gamma rays launched just seconds after the gravitational waves. Swirling clouds of material ejected from the merging stars glow with visible and other wavelengths of light.

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National Science Foundation/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet

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