The first observed wimpy supernova may have birthed a neutron star duo
The explosion could explain the source of some gravitational waves
![supernova iPTF 14gqr](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/101118_LG_neutron-star_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
A GENTLE EXIT This image shows a spiral galaxy about 930 million light-years away from Earth before (left), during (center) and after (right) an explosion at its outskirts of a faint supernova called iPTF 14gqr (seen inside the dotted circle at middle).
R. Hurt/JPL-Caltech/NASA