April 25, 2024
Strange flashes linked to stars merging rather than dying

Strange flashes linked to stars merging rather than dying

Nature, Published online: 07 December 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04165-7

Long bursts of γ-rays usually signal the death of massive stars, but an emission detected last year suggests that a long burst with peculiar properties originated from the merger of stars in a compact binary system.

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