File:NGC 4993 and GRB170817A after glow.gif
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English: On August 17, 2017, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory detected gravitational waves from a neutron star collision. Within 12 hours, observatories had identified the source of the event within the galaxy NGC 4993, shown in this Hubble Space Telescope image, and located an associated stellar flare called a kilonova (box). Inset: Hubble observed the kilonova fade over the course of six days. |
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| Source | https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-missions-catch-first-light-from-a-gravitational-wave-event |
| Author | Hubble Space Telescope, NASA and ESA |
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| current | 17:29, 16 October 2017 | | 500 × 534 (99 KB) | wikimediacommons>Earthandmoon | User created page with UploadWizard |
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