Massive 'Kilonova' Explosion Shows First Observed Birth of a

We've never seen a magnetar come into being, but a new high-energy event several billion light years away might be the first -- a kilonova that signals the merging of two neutron stars. 
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Perfect explosion! 2 Neutron stars collide, spark amazing spherical Kilonova explosions