neutron star

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Recent Examples on the Web Gold doesn’t form here on Earth – it’s thought to be forged in supernovae and collisions between neutron stars. Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024 Earlier studies suggested a modest black hole at its heart but couldn’t exclude the possibility of many smaller black holes and similarly hefty neutron stars gathering at the cluster’s center. Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 10 July 2024 That hypothesis was confirmed in 2017 when the LIGO collaboration picked up the gravitational wave signal of two neutron stars merging, accompanied by the powerful gamma-ray bursts associated with a kilonova. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 July 2024 Earlier this year, the James Webb Space Telescope determined a neutron star lies at the center of the carnage. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for neutron star 

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