Chandra Digest (April 19) CDF-S XT2

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Apr 19, 2019, 11:04:18 AM4/19/19

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** CDF-S XT2 : A New Signal for a Neutron Star Collision Discovered
A neutron star merger located in a galaxy about 6.6 billion light years from Earth.

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http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/xt2/

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**Chandra Press: A New Signal for a Neutron Star Collision Discovered
A bright burst of X-rays has been discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in a galaxy 6.6 billion light years from Earth.
http://chandra.si.edu/press/19_releases/press_041619.html

**Chandra Blog: A New Signal for a Neutron Star Collision Discovered
These images show the location of an event, discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, that likely signals the merger of two neutron stars. A bright burst of X-rays in this source, dubbed XT2, could give astronomers fresh insight into how neutron stars — dense stellar objects packed mainly with neutrons — are built.
http://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/720

**Chandra Resources: A Black Hole Primer with Chandra

Black Holes (def.): A dense, compact object whose gravitational pull is so strong that - within a certain distance of it - nothing can escape, not even light.