What happens when a black hole devours a neutron star: stars earthquakes and monster shock waves

Two of the most extreme objects in the universe – black holes and neutron stars – can spiral in cosmic collisions that break the crusts, unleash monster shock waves and momentarily imitate pulsars. Caltech scientists used advanced simulations to capture these dramatic events, predicting the ephemeral radio and radiographic that could be identified by telescopes in the last seconds before a […]