Astronomers have detected a one-in-ten-billion binary star system that will one day form a kilonova. The star system was found utilizing the SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope located in Chile.

A group of astronomers at the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab announced on January 31, 2023, that they had discovered the first confirmed detection

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