Futurism
THAT CAN’T BE RIGHT.
Back in 2017, scientists observed a spectacular collision of two neutron stars that blasted a jet of radiation so powerful that NASA says the energy it released was “comparable to that of a supernova,” according to a press release by the agency.
But it’s taken scientists until now to unpack all the data that was gathered because of its complexity. Among other intriguing findings: stuff appearing to travel faster than light — which, of course, is impossible. But don’t worry. There’s a perfectly reasonable explanation.
Joint Effort
The event, designated GW170817, is what’s known as a binary neutron star merger. Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of once-massive stars and some of the densest objects in the universe. According to NASA, just a single teaspoon of one would weigh four billion tons on Earth.
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