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Scientists watch hardcore object blasting energy beams into space


A "flame-like" beam.

Astronomers have used NASA ’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other instruments to watch this pulsar's behavior for over two decades, and it shows a vibrant interstellar scene. "The guitar shape is undeniable, and is traced by a thin white line in the labeled composite image," NASA wrote. Sometimes, two neutron stars collide, a dramatic event that can produce the most enigmatic object in the universe — a black hole, a realm so gravitationally powerful, not even light can escape.

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