Neutron stars colliding

Neutron Stars Colliding - New frontier for science as astronomers witness neutron stars colliding Extraordinary event has been ‘seen’ for the first time, in both gravitational waves and light – ending decades-old debate about where gold comes from - The collision of a pair of neutron stars, marked by ripples through the fabric of space-time and a flash brighter than a billion suns, has been witnessed for the first time in the most intensely observed astronomical event to date

Neutron Stars Colliding - New frontier for science as astronomers witness neutron stars colliding Extraordinary event has been ‘seen’ for the first time, in both gravitational waves and light – ending decades-old debate about where gold comes from - The collision of a pair of neutron stars, marked by ripples through the fabric of space-time and a flash brighter than a billion suns, has been witnessed for the first time in the most intensely observed astronomical event to date

These two neutron stars collided so are they a black hole now?

Neutron Stars Colliding - New frontier for science as astronomers witness neutron stars colliding Extraordinary event has been ‘seen’ for the first time, in both gravitational waves and light – ending decades-old debate about where gold comes from - The collision of a pair of neutron stars, marked by ripples through the fabric of space-time and a flash brighter than a billion suns, has been witnessed for the first time in the most intensely observed astronomical event to date

A thousand times brighter than a typical nova, a kilonova occurs when two neutron stars, or a neutron star and a black hole, collide.

Two neutron stars begin to merge in this illustration, blasting a jet of high-speed particles and producing a cloud of debris.

Colliding neutron stars likely formed low-mass black hole

What is neutron star? Neutron stars are formed when a giant star, about 8 to 30 times the mass of our Sun, bursts into a supernova . They...