Out With a Bang: Explosive Neutron Star Merger Captured for the First Time in Millimeter Light - National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Scientists using the ALMA have for the first time recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion caused by a neutron star merger.

Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) an international observatory co-operated by the US National Science Foundations National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) ha… [+7502 chars]

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