NASA | Neutron Stars Rip Each Other Apart to Form Black Hole
Now that is some awesome supercomputer simulation!
A neutron star is the compressed core left behind when a star born with between eight and 30 times the sun's mass explodes as a supernova. Neutron stars pack about 1.5 times the mass of the sun — equivalent to about half a million Earths — into a ball just 12 miles (20 km) across.
Scientists think neutron star mergers like this produce short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Short GRBs last less than two seconds yet unleash as much energy as all the stars in our galaxy produce over one year.
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2. Judge-Jake commented 10 years ago
I haven't watched this but I prefer the version you put on and then removed last week
+3 1. TheDeal commented 10 years ago