The collision of stars rockets scientists' understanding of physics
Scientists have detected cosmic "bursts" which indicate the occurrence of a celestial event where stars collided, merged and collapsed into a black hole.
Artist's impression of neutron stars merging, producing gravitational waves and resulting in a kilonova(photo credit: UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK/MARK GARLICK/CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)/WIKIMEDIA)BySAM HALPERNUpdated: