Astronomers using data from the SMARTS 1.5-m Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, have created the first verified detection of a star system that will one day develop into a kilonova the ultra-strong, gold-producing explosion made by blending neutron stars.
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