We may finally know what caused the biggest cosmic explosion ever seen

Two neutron stars begin to merge in this artist

Massive stars that collapse or collide create gamma-ray bursts NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/ A. Simonnet, Sonoma State University The most powerful explosion astronomers have ever seen contains a mysterious signal that is thought to be impossible to exist. This signal gives us our first detailed look inside a gamma-ray burst and suggests that they … Read more