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The James Webb Space Telescope detects violent collisions between neutron stars

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An illustration of two neutron stars colliding and merging.

An illustration of two neutron stars colliding and merging. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have traced an incredibly bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) back to its source, a violent collision between two neutron stars. The ring on her finger likely contains atoms forged in neutron star collisions like this one, also known as … Read more

Probing the mysteries of neutron stars with an amazing terrestrial analogue Ars Technica

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Spectral analysis indicates that silica is present in this supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A.

Zoom in / Spectral analysis indicates that silica is present in this supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ O. Krause (Steward Observatory) Since neutron stars were discovered, researchers have used their unusual properties to probe our universe. The superdense remnants of stellar explosions, neutron stars pack more mass than the Sun into a ball about the … Read more