Surprise kilonova upends established understanding of long g

Long gamma-ray bursts can be generated by neutron star mergers, study finds. For nearly two decades, astrophysicists have believed that long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) resulted solely from the collapse of massive stars. Now, a new study upends that...

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