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Spectacular collision of two neutron stars observed for first time

16 Oct 2017 Hamish Johnston
Visualization showing the effects on a neutron star merger on gravity and matter
Many views: A neutron-star merger’s effects on gravity (left) and matter
Astronomers have made one of the biggest breakthroughs of the decade after detecting both gravitatio

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