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Stars and solar physics

Stars and solar physics

Doomed to explode in a kilonova, rare star system is discovered by astronomers

20 Feb 2023
Kilonova progenitor
Waiting to explode Artist’s impression of the kilonova progenitor showing the Be star (left) and its companion neutron star right. (Courtesy: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J da Silva/Spaceengine/M Zamani)
The first observation of a stellar system that is destined to explode as a kilonova has been made by

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