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This Star System Will One Day Generate A Kilonova Explosion

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This Star System Will One Day Generate A Kilonova Explosion

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Space.com

9 Views • Feb 27, 2023

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The SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) has observed a star system that "will one day form a kilonova — the ultra-powerful, gold-producing explosion created by merging neutron stars," according to NSF's NOIRLab.

Credit:
Images and Videos: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, Fermilab, T. Puzia (PUC), J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani, P. Marenfeld, N. Bartmann
Music: Stellardrone - In Time