Bizarre 'garden sprinkler-like' jet is spotted shooting out of neutron star

Bizarre 'garden sprinkler-like' jet is spotted shooting out of neutron star

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A strange 'garden sprinkler-like' jet coming from a neutron star has been pictured for the first time. The S-shaped structure is created as the jet changes direction due to the wobbling of the disc of hot gas around the star -- a process called precession, which has been observed with black holes but, until now, never with neutron stars.

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