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Kilonova Fade-out
- Release DateNovember 12, 2020
- Science ReleaseNASA’s Hubble Sees Unexplained Brightness from Colossal Explosion
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Collision Sequence for a Magnetar-Powered Kilonova Blast Illustration
This illustration shows the sequence for forming a magnetar-powered kilonova, whose peak brightness reaches up to 10,000 times that of a classical nova. 1) Two orbiting neutron stars spiral closer and closer together. 2) They collide and merge, triggering an explosion that...

Magnetar-Powered Kilonova Blast
This animation shows the sequence for forming a magnetar-powered kilonova, whose peak brightness reaches up to 10,000 times that of a classical nova. In this sequence, two orbiting neutron stars spiral closer and closer together before colliding and merging. This triggers an...
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov