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astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space

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Telescope have found a jet propelled

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through space at nearly the speed of

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light but the Titanic collision between

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two neutron stars which are the

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collapsed cores of massive supergiant

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stars

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the explosive event observed on August

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of gravitational waves and gamma

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radiation from the merger of binary

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neutron stars

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this discovery prompted scientists to

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quickly aim Hubble at the site of the

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explosion

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a total of 70 observatories around the

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globe and in space collectively gathered

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data across the electromagnetic spectrum

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of the mergers aftermath

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astronomers used Hubble's capabilities

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to precisely measure the position and

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movements of the explosion's Shockwave

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they were trying to see how the

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shockwave's physical properties changed

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over time combining Hubble observations

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with that of several other telescopes

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allowed researchers to pinpoint the

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explosion site 130 million light years

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away

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the data suggests the blast shock waves

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traveled along a narrow beam confined by

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powerful magnetic fields the resulting

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Jets smashed into and swept up material

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in the surrounding interstellar medium

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this material included a mass radiation

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through which the jet emerged

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as the jet moved away from the site of

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the explosion the mass moved outward

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this work paves the way for more precise

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studies of neutron star mergers more

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observations like this one help us

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understand more about the universe