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2. Neutron star

Reply to Sessuch (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 28, 2024, 08:19 AM

Feb 2024

JWST did not observe the neutron star directly, because it remains obscured behind a veil of dust from the explosion. But the telescope detected light coming from argon and sulfur atoms that had been ionized, or electrically charged, by radiation blazing from the long-sought neutron star...

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Fascinating stuff! Thank the gods and space agencies for the JWST!

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