A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Astronomers have never seen this type of explosive event in an environment like this before — and it may help solve two outstanding cosmic mysteries. A paper describing these results […]
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Astrophysics, Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Hubble Space Telescope, Marshall Astrophysics, Marshall Space Flight Center, Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Neutron Stars, The Universe
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March 10, 2026
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