Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision ...

The kilonova briefly mimicked the conditions immediately following the Big Bang, and allowed scientists to confirm the source ...

When the two neutron stars collide, the initial kilonova of exploded neutron star guts is extremely hot, billions of degrees, ...

The outward force from its fusion can no longer counteract the star's powerful gravity, and the star collapses in on itself.

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

The temperature of elementary particles has been observed in the radioactive glow following the collision of two neutron ...

Astrophysicists have observed an extraordinary event following the collision of two neutron stars—the explosive birth of a ...

Astrophysicists have, for the first time, measured the temperature of elementary particles in the radioactive afterglow of a neutron star collision, which led to the formation of a black hole. This br ...

The explosion occurs when the star's fusion can no longer balance its intense gravity, leading to an inward collapse. The resulting supernova blast can outshine entire galaxies for months and ...

The temperature of elementary particles has been observed in the radioactive glow following the collision of two neutron stars and the birth of a black hole. This has, for the first time, made it ...

It takes a very energetic event to make heavier elements, such as a supernova explosion. AT2017gfo showed that neutron star kilonovae are also productive heavy element factories – in the light ...