A neutron star merged with something unknown. Physicists think it might be a mini black hole.
A leading gravitational wave observatory recently detected ripples in spacetime that scientists say came from the collision of a dead, superdense stellar remnant and an unknown object. The stellar remnant is what’s called a neutron star ; it’s what is left when a massive star collapses, leaving only a dense core behind.
, a space-based gravitational wave observatory. would consist of three spacecraft spinning through space in a triangular formation. will listen for gravitational waves without any of the noise that occurs on Earth, which can clutter the data collected by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA. There are still 80 significant signal candidates that the team needs to sift through. So there are heady days ahead for observing the gravitational universe. More: These Violent Collisions Could Be Producing Dark Matter
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