Summary:
- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has discovered the collision of two extremely dense stars, known as neutron stars, in an unexpected location in space.
- Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of massive stars that have exploded as supernovae, and they are some of the most extreme objects in the universe.
- The discovery of this neutron star collision in a globular cluster, a dense group of ancient stars, provides new insights into the behavior and evolution of these extreme celestial objects.