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Artwork showing the moment of the neutron star collision, with beams of energy shooting out and gravitational waves shaking ripples in the space-time continuum. Credit: NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet
A nearby binary neutron star collision may have seeded the early solar system with gold
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For the first time, astronomers see the birth of a neutron star binary system
Phil Plait
Apr 15, 2019
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Artwork showing the moment of the neutron star collision, with beams of energy shooting out and gravitational waves shaking ripples in the space-time continuum. Credit: NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet
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FOLLOW-UP: The volume of humanity… if all the space in our atoms is removed
Phil Plait
Oct 30, 2018
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A neutron star is incredibly small and dense, packing the mass of the Sun into a ball just a few kilometers across. This artwork depicts one compared to Manhattan. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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WHAM! BULLSEYE! Galactic collision creates a ring of black holes and neutron stars
Phil Plait
Sep 10, 2018
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The ring galaxy AM 0644-071, created when a small compact galaxy plowed through the middle of a spiral galaxy at least tens of millions of years ago. Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
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Last year, two merging neutron stars rocked astronomy. Now it looks like they left behind a black hole.
Phil Plait
Jun 1, 2018
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Artwork showing the moment of the neutron star collision, with beams of energy shooting out and gravitational waves shaking ripples in the space-time continuum. Credit: NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet
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Can life emerge after the fires of a supernova?
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Jan 8, 2018
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Artwork depicting the three planets orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257_12. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Star Stuff: Pulsars are cool but Jocelyn Bell Burnell is even cooler
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Nov 30, 2017
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BIG NEWS: For the first time, astronomers detect gravitational waves from two neutron stars crashing together!
Phil Plait
Oct 16, 2017
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rtwork depicting the moment of collision between two neutron stars. The resulting explosion is… quite large. Credit: Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital, Inc.
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Celestial fireworks pop off in a cosmic train wreck
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Jul 5, 2017
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