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Astronomy and space

Astronomy and space

Relativistic jet broke through cocoon after neutron star merger

05 Sep 2018
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Biggish bang: artist's impression of a neutron-star merger (Courtesy: NASA)
A jet of charged particles moving at nearly the speed of light smashed its way out of debris left be

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Keith Cooper is a science writer based in the UK
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