A kilonova (also called a macronova) is a transient astronomical event that occurs in a compact binary system when two neutron stars or a neutron star...

known to have occurred—and its having the expected characteristics of a kilonova—strongly imply that neutron star mergers are responsible for kilonovae...

neutron stars, and both may be a hitherto-unknown class of kilonova transients. Kilonova events, therefore, may be more diverse and common in the universe...

may both be the result of the merger of neutron stars, and both may be a kilonova, which may be more common in the universe than previously understood, according...

bursts. Strong evidence for this model came from the observation of a kilonova associated with the short-duration gamma-ray burst GRB 130603B, and was...

of neutron star matter thrown off by a binary neutron star merger in a kilonova. The relative contribution of each of these sources to the astrophysical...

2017. Tanvir, N. R.; et al. (2017). "The Emergence of a Lanthanide-rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Letters...

Stellar explosion can refer to: Nova Kilonova Micronova Supernova Type Ia supernova Type Ib and Ic supernovae Type II supernova Superluminous supernova...

S2CID 217163611. Arcavi, I.; et al. (2017). "Optical emission from a kilonova following a gravitational-wave-detected neutron-star merger". Nature. 551...

galaxies, and the diameter of the Milky Way.[citation needed] Most recently kilonova have been proposed as another type of standard candle. "Since kilonovae...