Going out with a bang!

Merging neutron star binaries generate gravitational waves and a brilliant burst of gamma rays. Hot, dense neutron-rich matter ejected in the merger decays radioactively, powering bright emission at optical and infrared wavelengths, a “kilonova”, As it faded, the kilonova associated with GW170817 was studied by ground-based telescopes including those at CTIO.

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Release date:Oct. 16, 2017, 10 a.m.
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