Two neutron stars explosion, nearly as fast as light

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The Hubble Space Telescope spotted a best moment of this more than five years ago, when two neutron stars collided together, billions light years away.

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That collision explosion so big that its produces jet stream traveled more than 99.97 percent the speed of light.

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It was firstly observed in August 2017, the explosion, named as GW170817. Recently this study published on October 12 in the journal Nature.

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An optical illusion shows, Measurements from Hubble predicted that the jet produced by the explosion was traveling seven times the speed of ligh which is impossible.

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Actually in real,nthe jet was directed at Earth and traveling towards our planet. This gave the optical illusion that it was traveling faster than it actually was.

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This collision jet was recorded with incredible precision, gleaned from Hubble and radio telescopes, it is very difficult to measure accurately.

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Study finds that collision of these two neutron stars is equal to the resulting blast of supernova exploding.

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Two neutron stars explosion, nearly as fast as light

Two neutron stars explosion, nearly as fast as light

The Hubble Space Telescope spotted a best moment of this more than five years ago, when two neutron stars collided together, billions light years away.

That collision explosion so big that its produces jet stream traveled more than 99.97 percent the speed of light.

As fast as light

As fast as light

It was firstly observed in August 2017, the explosion, named as GW170817. Recently this study published on October 12 in the journal Nature.

An optical illusion shows, Measurements from Hubble predicted that the jet produced by the explosion was traveling seven times the speed of ligh which is impossible.

Actually in real,nthe jet was directed at Earth and traveling towards our planet. This gave the optical illusion that it was traveling faster than it actually was.

This collision jet was recorded with incredible precision, gleaned from Hubble and radio telescopes, it is very difficult to measure accurately.

Study finds that collision of these two neutron stars is equal to the resulting blast of supernova exploding.

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