Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist's concepts shows a hypothesized event known as a superkilonova. A massive star explodes in a supernova (left), which ...

The cosmos has delivered a rare kind of fireworks display, and astronomers are racing to understand what it means. A strange double flash from a distant galaxy appears to show two neutron stars ...

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The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

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