Out With a Bang: Explosive Neutron Star Merger Captured for the First Time in Millimeter Light

05/08/2022 5 min Episodio 19
Out With a Bang: Explosive Neutron Star Merger Captured for the First Time in Millimeter Light

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Scientists using ALMA have for the first time recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion caused by the merger of a neutron star with another star. The team also confirmed this flash of light to be one of the most energetic short-duration gamma-ray bursts ever observed, leaving behind one of the most luminous afterglows on record.