Astronomers have discovered an exceptionally rare system set to end in a kilonova explosion so rare we've never found one before.
Astronomers have discovered humanity’s first known example of a rare binary system doomed to end in a massive kilonova explosion. This type of cosmic phenomenon is so rare that scientists estimate that only ten binary systems within the Milky Way can produce one.Nature
. Both of the stars are victims of each other’s gravity, though, eventually forming into a kilonova explosion when they collide sometime in the future. The exact science behind how these rare binary systems capable of a kilonova explosion form is still a bit of a mystery. However, this discovery does show that, in some cases at least, two sibling neutron stars can merge when one is created without what astronomers call a classic supernova.
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