Binary stars

neutron star collision

In a long-ago neutron star collision, scientists find a cosmic goldmine

Technology

Around 130 million years ago, two neutron stars — those strange, compacted cores of dead stars — collided. Scientists recently detected the signals from that collision, in the form of gravitational waves and electromagnetic signals.

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