The Expanding Debris Cloud From the Kilonova Tells the Story of What Happens When Neutron Stars Collide - Universe Today
3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 11 months ago
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Neutron star mergers create powerful kilonovae. Astrophysicists are watching the x-rays to learn more about these cosmic calamities.
When two neutron stars collide, it creates a kilonova. The event causes both gravitational waves and emissions of electromagnetic energy. In 2017 the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave observatories detec… [+9028 chars]
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