Kilonova millions of times brighter than Milky Way birthed rarest elements
In the second-brightest supernova ever seen, two neutron stars have collided and created a variety of rare heavy elements, many of which are needed for life on Earth. The extraordinarily bright gamma-ray burst created by the collision, named GRB 230307A, is thought to be over a million times…
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