Neutron stars merge to create spherical cosmic blast, calls it 'perfect explosion'
Apr 25, 2025, 23:34 IST
Wion Web Desk
Astronomers expain its a spherical and colossal blast triggered by merger of neutron stars before the collapse of the combined entity to form a black hole
First proposed in 1974, Kilonova explosions's existence was confirmed in 2013
According to researchers, the explosion should have looked like a flattened disk or a colossal luminous cosmic pancake
Through the explosion, the luminosity of about a billion suns was unleased, as it formed a single massive neutron star