Neutron star merger
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neutron-star-merger-189-7362117
title:
Neutron star merger
text:
A neutron star merger is the stellar collision of neutron stars. When two neutron stars fall into mutual orbit, they gradually spiral inward due to the loss of energy emitted as gravitational radiation. When they finally meet, their merger leads to the formation of either a more massive neutron star, or—if the mass of the remnant exceeds the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit—a black hole. The merger can create a magnetic field that is trillions of times stronger than that of Earth in a matter of
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description:
Type of stellar collision
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star_merger
date created:
2012-09-06T01:36:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T06:45:16Z
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