Astronomers Identify the Lightest Known Double Neutron Star System, Sharpening the Physics of Stellar Death
Astronomers have identified the lowest-mass double neutron star system yet observed, a rare binary that offers an unusually clear window into how massive stars collapse and how compact objects evolve in pairs. The finding strengthens the case that some of the universe’s most extreme systems can be used as precision laboratories for gravity, dense matter and the origins of gravitational-wave sources.
