Image: Illuminated line volume supernova

Description: The stream lines in this image show the two counter rotating flows that may be established below the supernova shock wave (the surface in the image) by the instability of the shock in a core collapse supernova explosion. The innermost flow accretes onto the central object, known as the proto-neutron star, spinning it up. This may be the mechanism whereby pulsars (spinning neutron stars) are born.
Title: Illuminated line volume supernova
Credit: http://www.csm.ornl.gov/newsite/group_astro.html
Author: Blondin and Mezzacappa
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