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First-Ever Simulations Reveal Ghost Particles Shapeshifting in Violent Neutron Star Mergers


New simulations show that neutrino flavor transformations change both the composition and the signals left behind after neutron star collisions. When two neutron stars collide and merge, the result is one of the most energetic events in the universe. These cataclysms generate multiple kinds of si

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