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This visualisation shows the merger of a mass-gap black hole (dark grey) with a neutron star (orange) similar to GW230529 observed by @LIGO. The colours show the neutron stars' increasing density from dark orange to white. The emitted gravitational waves are shown in light blue.
Animation: I. Markin, T. Dietrich, H. Pfeiffer, A. Buonanno / @unipotsdam / @mpi_grav