The world's first-ever detection of two faraway neutron stars colliding, causing a massive blast that rippled through the fabric of space and time, was judged the scientific breakthrough of 2017, the journal Science said Thursday.
The smashup of the two ultra-dense stars observed on August 17 "confirmed several key astrophysical models, revealed a birthplace of many heavy elements, and tested the generalRead more
For the first time, scientists have witnessed the violent fusion of two super-dense neutron stars through shockwaves and light flashes emitted 130 million years ago, researchers announced to much fanfare on Monday.
The groundbreaking observation resolves several long-standing mysteries -- revealing the origin of heavy metals on our planet and elsewhere in the Universe, and unmasking the source of mysteriousRead more