A simulation of a dying star shows how it could create gravitational waves
Debris from the stellar deaths could be a source of a new kind of spacetime ripple
![A snapshot of a collapsing star spewing jets, colored red and green, outward against the backdrop of space](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/060623_LG_cosmic-cocoon_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
A dying star can emit a jet (red) surrounded by asymmetrical bubbles of material (yellow and green). The motion of this material through spacetime could also emit gravitational waves, researchers suggest.
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