Going out with a bang!
Merging neutron star binaries generate gravitational waves and a brilliant burst of gamma rays. Hot, dense neutron-rich matter ejected in the merger decays radioactively, powering bright emission at optical and infrared wavelengths, a “kilonova”, As it faded, the kilonova associated with GW170817 was studied by ground-based telescopes including those at CTIO.
Credit:Fermilab
About the Video
Id: | noao1705b |
Release date: | Oct. 16, 2017, 10 a.m. |
Related releases: | noao1705 |
Duration: | 46 s |
Frame rate: | 29.97 |
About the Object
Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |