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Integral Space Telescope Spots Massive Nuclear Explosions Feeding Neutron Star Jets


ESA’s gamma-ray space telescope Integral has played a decisive role in capturing jets of matter being expelled into space at one-third the speed of light. The material and energy were liberated when huge explosions occurred on the surface of a neutron star. This world-first observation proved to be

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