Finding Gold In A Stellar Explosion

March 11, 2026 Universe Today

Finding Gold In A Stellar Explosion
By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/DP0pz3j)

This artist's illustration shows a group of merging galaxies about 8.5 billion years away. A pair of merging neutron stars in one of these galaxies caused a kilonova explosion that generated what could be the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected. Image Credit: Maria Cristina Fortuna/NASA/Chandra X-ray Center.

NASA telescopes have detected what could be the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected. A merging pair of neutron stars generated when they merged and exploded as a kilonova. It happened in an unusual location: a tidal stream of debris created by a group of merging galaxies.

March 12, 2026 at 01:34AM
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