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  • Scientists found 10 million-year-old remnants of massive kilonova in the bottom of the ocean

    Mar 24, 2025 3:15 pm by Popular MechanicsIllinois in the News
    an underwater cave. Photo by Jason Edwards//Getty Images

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    Popular Mechanics (March 21) U of I Astronomer Brian Fields discovered remnants of a kilonova - the collision of two neutron stars - believed to have happened relatively close to Earth about 10 million years ago.