The world's first-ever detection of two faraway neutron stars colliding, causing a massive blast that rippled through the fabric of space and time, is judged the scientific breakthrough of 2017.
The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.
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Cosmic events happening right now that began before Earth existed
Massive collisions between black holes and neutron stars have been happening for most of cosmic history. These events send ...
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Physicists spotted hidden order inside brutal proton collisions
Inside the most powerful particle colliders on Earth, protons slam together at nearly the speed of light, shredding matter ...
PHOENIX — Like a motorboat doing doughnuts in a lake, Betelgeuse’s companion star leaves a wake in the giant star’s atmosphere. Signs of the smaller star’s trail around the red supergiant are the best ...
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Nuclear reactions that are found in thermonuclear explosions, stars measured for first time
The ability to collect this experimental data in very hot, dense, star-like plasma will help researchers validate and improve ...
Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...
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