Hubble Reveals Ultra-Relativistic Jet

  • Released Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found a jet propelled through space at nearly the speed of light by the titanic collision between two neutron stars, which are the collapsed cores of massive supergiant stars.

For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.

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“Grip the Nation” by JKyle Gabbidon [PRS] via Ninja Tune Production Music [PRS] and Universal Production Music

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 11:43 AM EDT.


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