BOOM!!!!! I am always curious how much energy is produced when neutron stars merge. Comparable to a supernova?
1 posted on
01/08/2020 10:04:26 AM PST by
C19fan
To: C19fan
“Epic Neutron Star Collision”
Next time use a blinker, willya?
2 posted on
01/08/2020 10:05:41 AM PST by
Responsibility2nd
(As a matter of fact, I DID only read the excerpt. OK, I intended to. Next time for sure.)
To: C19fan
comparable to however much funding can be secured
neutron stars are a physically impossible construct and this is grant scamming huckstery
5 posted on
01/08/2020 10:08:39 AM PST by
thoughtomator
(... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
To: SunkenCiv
6 posted on
01/08/2020 10:09:35 AM PST by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: C19fan
It's called GW190425, and although it's only the second such collision astronomers have ever seen... It's only the second such collision astronomers have ever BEEN CAPABLE OF DETECTING..............
7 posted on
01/08/2020 10:09:47 AM PST by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
To: C19fan
Considering the vastness of space, you would think that this is a rare occurrence. Second collision? Then again, they are drawn together by gravity.
10 posted on
01/08/2020 10:16:40 AM PST by
dhs12345
To: C19fan
On 25 April 2019, the LIGO interferometer detected two neutron stars around 520 million light-years away coming together and merging into a single object. So the actual event occurred about the time life first appeared on earth.
To: C19fan
A lot! It may be that most of the elements heavier than iron are produced in the mess of debris associated with the collision. Also note that when two neutron stars collide there is a very good chance the combined star will collapse into a black hole immediately.
To: C19fan
“...520 million light-years away...”
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Old News!
The collision happened a half billion years ago.
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