LIGO-Virgo network catches another neutron star collision

Monday, January 13, 2020 - 10:00 in Astronomy & Space

A new study confirms that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) near Livingston, Louisiana observed a neutron star collision on April 25, 2019. The observation is only the second time researchers detected such an event in gravitational waves. Neutron stars are the remnants of dying stars that undergo catastrophic explosions as they collapse at […]

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