Artist’s Impression of Kilonova Progenitor Star System
This is an artist’s impression of the first confirmed detection of a star system that will one day form a kilonova — the ultra-powerful, gold-producing explosion created by merging neutron stars. These systems are so phenomenally rare that only about 10 such systems are thought to exist in the entire Milky Way.
Credit:CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2303a |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | Feb. 1, 2023, 4:35 p.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2303 |
Size: | 5120 x 2692 px |
About the Object
Category: | Illustrations |
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