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A neutron star collision detected by gravitational waves is Science's 2017 Breakthrough of the Year.
Gravitational waves are ripples in time-space that only occur under a handful of extreme cosmic conditions.

 

 

NASA’s Swift satellite has captured an event in the cosmos like nothing ever seen before, researchers say in the 17 June issue of Science. A high-energy gamma-ray burst known as Sw1644+57, located at the center of a small, star-forming galaxy, is burning much longer and much brighter than astronomers had expected it to—and two separate teams of researchers are trying to figure out why.

Jennifer Wiseman

Jennifer Wiseman

Jennifer Wiseman, a NASA astrophysicist, has joined AAAS as director of the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion.