Artist's impression of a neutron star merger. (IMAGE)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH

Artist's impression of a neutron star merger.

Caption

This artist’s impression shows two tiny but very dense neutron stars at the point at which they merge and explode as a kilonova.

Credit

Picture: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick/ESO

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