NASA Discovers Crash of Extreme Stars in Unexpected Site - NASA
A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Astronomers have never seen this type of explosive event in a...
- astrophysics
- chandra x-ray observatory
- fermi gamma-ray space telescope
- gamma-ray bursts
- hubble space telescope
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A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Astronomers have never seen this type of explosive event in an environment like this before — and it may help solve two outstanding cosmic mysteries. A paper describing these results […]