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Tiny Galaxy Hosts Rare Neutron-Star Collision in a Galactic Gas Stream

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Source: NASA (.gov)
Tiny Galaxy Hosts Rare Neutron-Star Collision in a Galactic Gas Stream
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Astronomers using Chandra, Fermi, Swift and Hubble have pinpointed a neutron-star merger inside a tiny, faint galaxy embedded in a 600,000-light-year gas stream, likely created by a past galaxy collision. The event, GRB 230906A from 2023-09-06, helps explain gamma-ray bursts without obvious host galaxies and how heavy elements like gold and platinum can form and spread into galaxy outskirts.

Topics:sciencespace#galactic-gas-stream#gamma-ray-burst#heavy-elements#neutron-star-merger#space#tiny-galaxy
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