Cosmic Journeys
Season 1 • Episode 37: Star Crash: The Explosion that Transformed Astronomy • Watch with subtitles
Episode 37: Star Crash: The Explosion that Transformed Astronomy
November 13, 2017 • 24 min
A startling collision in an ancient galaxy slews Earth's largest telescopes to a spot in the Hydra constellation. Two rapidly spinning neutron stars have violently merged to form a possible black hole. And, for the first time, astronomers see its electromagnetic flash and hear its gravitational thunder as they watch new elements being born.
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