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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
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“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.)
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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.)
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ping


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.)
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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.......... ..)
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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
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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.

17 posted on 01/08/2020 10:36:37 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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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.


20 posted on 01/08/2020 10:50:52 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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“...520 million light-years away...”
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Old News!
The collision happened a half billion years ago.


21 posted on 01/08/2020 10:51:10 AM PST by Repeal The 17th
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