(THE CONVERSATION) Billions of light years away in a remote part of the universe, two neutron stars – the ultradense remnants of dead stars – collided. The catastropic cosmic event sent light and ...
A mysterious cosmic explosion has astronomers buzzing, as a strange event may hint at an entirely new kind of stellar ...
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The mind-blowing collision of neutron stars

What happens when two neutron stars collide? This video explores the fascinating phenomena associated with neutron star collisions, including the formation of heavy elements and the resulting ...
Somewhere in the Milky Way, a dead star the size of a city but heavier than the Sun is drifting through space, radiating ...
A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Astronomers have never seen this type of explosive event in an ...
This artist’s impression shows two tiny but very dense neutron stars at the point at which they merge and explode. ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser, CC BY Billions of light years away in a remote part of ...