/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Virgo/rss en /channels/channels/news/neutron-star-merger-yields-new-puzzle-astrophysicists-283948 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The afterglow from the distant neutron-star merger <a href="//mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/latest-gravitational-wave-detection-opens-new-era-astronomy-278031">detected last August</a> has continued to brighten – much to the surprise of astrophysicists studying the aftermath of the massive collision that took place about 138 million light years away and sent gravitational waves rippling through the universe.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/haggard-image.jpg?itok=5oFyCutT" width="160" height="71" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:22:44 +0000 webfull 134199 at /channels