schadeaux Posted February 25, 2004 #1 Share Posted February 25, 2004 (SPACE.com) -- Scientists have obtained a rare glimpse of the chaotic environment just miles from the surface of an explosive corpse of a star that is slowly consuming its companion. An eruption from the neutron star illuminated material flowing onto it, providing lucky astronomers with an unprecedented peek at the activity near the surface of the ultra-dense object. The eruption poured out more energy in three hours than the Sun does in a century. An artist rendering shows the neutron star at left embedded in a disk of material it is sucking from the normal star at right. Artist rendering shows the neutron star, which is ultra-dense at the beginning of the explosion. At the height of the explosion, the rendering shows the inner part of the disk-like collection of gases being pushed outward. Another rendering shows how the explosion engulfed the neighboring star, devouring it as it began orbiting the neutron. Full article at CNN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillcrazy Posted February 25, 2004 #2 Share Posted February 25, 2004 That is a trip. But I will admit I thought it was something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeohn Posted February 29, 2004 #3 Share Posted February 29, 2004 (edited) Those are beautiful star but yet they are destructive. Nice to know they actually caught it on film. Edited February 29, 2004 by geeohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted February 29, 2004 #4 Share Posted February 29, 2004 I am stunned everytime I see images like these. But what is really impressive is that these are works of art, based on the known data and facts. What I REALLY would like to know is just who are these artists? how do they create these awesome images? why is it we never see credit given to these artists? I think who ever they are the should be given credit for these images. Gazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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