A kilonova in our neighbourhood
An international team of researchers, led by U of M astrophysicist Dr. Samar Safi-Harb, proposes that the merging of two neutron stars relatively near the Earth has created a “kilonova remnant” – opening a new window to studying this astrophysical phenomenon.
Safi-Harb notes: “The X-ray emission from the kilonova event has been interpreted in the literature as something other than thermal emission. But we now have hints of thermal, hot glowing X-ray gas, that could arise from a newborn kilonova remnant (KNR).“
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