Integral spots giant explosions feeding neutron star jets

Integral spots giant explosions feeding neutron star jets ESA’s gamma-ray space telescope Integral has played a decisive role in capturing jets of matter being expelled into space at one-third the speed of light. The material and energy were liberated when huge explosions occurred on the surface of a neutron star. This world-first observation proved to be 'a perfect experiment' for exploring astrophysical jets of all descriptions. Jets are produced by many different astronomical objects but studying them is hard. These …