Rumors swirl that LIGO snagged gravitational waves from a neutron star collision
As latest search ends, there’s speculation of a detected neutron star smashup
![illustration of colliding neutron stars](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/082517_EC_LIGO_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
CRASH AND FLASH Rumors suggest that LIGO may have detected gravitational waves from a new source: colliding neutron stars (illustrated). Such cataclysms are expected to generate a high-energy flash of light, called a gamma-ray burst (yellow jets). Several telescopes made observations seemingly in search of light from such events.
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