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A NASA simulation shows the magnetic fields of colliding neutron stars meeting and entwining. How compact can a neutron star get before collapsing into a black hole?👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/dHCxLG Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scott Wiessinger (eMITS): Producer/editor Scott Wiessinger (eMITS): Narrator Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park):Science Writer | Space.com

This oblique-view simulation reveals where the most extreme light in the universe is created during a neutron star merger. The brightest regions show where ultra-high-energy gamma rays are produced — trillions of times more energetic than visible light. In the intense magnetic fields surrounding the merging stars, the most energetic gamma rays cannot escape and instead transform into particles. Lower-energy gamma rays break free and later appear as X-rays and other radiation. The emission is hig