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In the final moments before two neutron stars collide, their magnetic fields spiral into chaos, twisting and snapping as they unleash high-energy radiation into space. Using a NASA supercomputer, ...
Astronomers have discovered what kind of stellar body is left after two stars collide and merge to generate an explosion called a "luminous red nova." Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the ...