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The explosion is called
a neutron-star merger. The amount of energy
in this explosion is crushing. There's almost no way
to describe it. It's like taking
all of the sun's energy that it will ever emit
over its entire lifetime and releasing it in a single second
a neutron-star merger. The amount of energy
in this explosion is crushing. There's almost no way
to describe it. It's like taking
all of the sun's energy that it will ever emit
over its entire lifetime and releasing it in a single second
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The explosion is called
a neutron-star merger.
00:00:06.004 --> 00:00:09.052
The amount of energy
in this explosion is crushing.
00:00:09.006 --> 00:00:11.068
There's almost no way
to describe it.
00:00:11.076 --> 00:00:13.008
It's like taking
all of the sun's energy
00:00:13.088 --> 00:00:16.044
that it will ever emit
over its entire lifetime
00:00:16.052 --> 00:00:18.068
and releasing it in a single second.
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A users guide to the cosmos from the big bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons. Where did it all come from and how does it all fit together. A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.
