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As a massive star collapses, it emits jets of material (red) and a cocoon of other debris around the jets (yellow and green). This simulation shows how the turbulence in the jets and cocoon could shake spacetime, and translates the gravitational waves they might emit into sound.
Read more: sciencenews.org/article/gravitational-waves-dying-star-supernova
Video: Ore Gottlieb/CIERA/Northwestern University
As a massive star collapses, it emits jets of material (red) and a cocoon of other debris around the jets (yellow and green). This simulation shows how the turbulence in the jets and cocoon could shake spacetime, and translates the gravitational waves they might emit into sound.
Read more: sciencenews.org/article/gravitational-waves-dying-star-supernova
Video: Ore Gottlieb/CIERA/Northwestern University