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A yellow-white beam shoots through a cloud of red and blue to represent a kilonova and gamma-ray burst.

NU researchers study neutron star merger that defies former assumptions of kilonova explosions

February 17, 2023

About 1.1 billion light years away, two neutron stars merged. The collision stripped material off the neutron stars, resulting in a kilonova explosion and a gamma-ray burst. But when the GRB was identified...

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