Scientists witness first kilonova, as 2 neutron stars collide
Posted by staff / October 18, 2017
Over 130 million years ago, two neutron stars collided, and a few days ago, scientists on Earth detected the event.
Move over supernova; this sucker was a kilonova.
Veritasium explains why that’s such a huge deal.
This is a historic detection as it demonstrates:
– the first gravitational waves detected from inspiraling neutron stars
– the first joint observation by gravitational wave and electromagnetic wave astronomy
– identification of a gamma ray burst in conjunction with merging neutron stars
– how gravitational waves and gamma rays can be used together to locate their source
Full story at Veritaseum.
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