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Clarissa Pavao

joined in Oct 25, 2023

Student researcher at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Pavao has 1 break published.

How to make a kilonova: Finding a path for cosmic alchemy

In 2017, a cosmic event occurred that changed our understanding of the universe when the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected a merger event from two neutron stars caught in a tight orbit in an event dubbed GW 170817. Neutron stars are stars so dense... click to read more

Noel Richardson | Assistant Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Clarissa Pavao | Student researcher at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

supernovae

binary stars

neutron stars

stellar evolution

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Oct 25, 2023

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