Still image from the numerical simulation at around 1.3Â seconds after the neutron star merger. The contours in blue and green show the density of the matter around the central remnant black hole. The magenta lines show the magnetic field lines and the arrows display the outflow in the magnetosphere (jet). Credit: K. Hayashi / Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
Merging neutron stars are excellent targets for multi-messenger astronomy. This modern and still very young method of astrophysics coordinates observations of the various signals from one and the same astrophysical source. When two neutron stars collide, they emit gravitational waves, neutrinos and radiation across the entire electromagnetic spectrum...
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