NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has actually been gathering information on a kilonova– an effective occasion showed here that takes place when 2 neutron stars combine– connected with GW170817 This is the very first cosmic occasion that has actually produced gravitational waves and electro-magnetic radiation, or light, that have actually been found onEarth Credit: X-ray information from NASA, CXC and Northwestern Univ./ A. Hajela; visual by NASA/CXC/M. Weiss
Astronomers might have found a “sonic boom” from an effective blast called a kilonova. This occasion– called GW170817– is an outcome of a merger of 2 neutron stars and is the very first item for which both