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

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