Cosmic Forge of Rare Heavy Elements Discovered

The Dark Energy Camera GW-EM Collaboration and the DES Collaboration / PI: Berger; J. Najita, M. Newhouse & NOAO/AURA/NSF.

Cosmic Forge of Rare Heavy Elements Discovered

The fading glow of the optical counterpart to GW170817, captured by DECam on the 4-m Blanco telescope.

About the Image

ID: noao1705a
Type: Collage

About the Object

Name: GrW 170817

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