When neutron stars merge, they create a powerful explosion called a kilonova that flings out neutron-rich material, some of which decays into heavy elements through a process called the r-process.
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A repeating radio signal from deep space was traced to a 'vampire' white dwarf eating its neighbor
A mysterious repeating radio signal detected deep in the southern sky has been traced not to a neutron star or magnetar, as ...
Four dead stars have been hiding in Earth’s cosmic backyard, unnoticed for decades despite lying within just 65 light-years ...
Sugars are key biomolecules in living organisms, as they form the backbone of DNA and RNA and play a fundamental role in ...
A strange substance is hiding on the surfaces of both Pluto and Saturn’s moon Titan, and researchers aren’t sure what it ...
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Two colliding giant black holes may have hollowed out the heart of a galaxy
A massive hole in the starlight at the center of a giant galaxy may be the scar left behind by two colliding supermassive ...
Powerful winds from supermassive black holes may explain why some of the universe's largest galaxies stopped making as many ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected an unexplained chemical signature on both Pluto and Saturn's ...
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