Kilonova space explosion could end life on Earth for 1,000 years
Kilonova? More like killer-nova. Violent star collisions, called a kilonova, could devastate our planet due to a lethal spew of radiation — namely gamma rays, cosmic rays and x-rays — that are emitted from the celestial event, scientists have discovered. “We found that if a neutron star merger were to occur within around 36 light-years of Earth, the resulting … Read more