Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Northwestern astrophysicists developed the first numerical simulation that follows the jet evolution in a black hole-neutron star merger out to large distances. Using this model, the researchers discovered that the post-merger black hole can launch jets of material from the swallowed neutron star. Credit: Ore Gottlieb/Danat Issa/Alexander Tchekhovskoy ____

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