If one look at space, at first glance it looks very calm but looking at in another light, we see that it is also in turmoil. The Neil Gehrels Swift satellite was launched in 2004. The task of this Swift satellite released by NASA is to detect a Gamma ray burst , the most powerful and energetic event in the universe. Gamma ray burst EMIT as much energy in just 2 seconds as the sun emits throughout its lifetime. All this energy came out in the form of a jet with the speed of light. This satellite has detected a lot of Gamma ray bursts so far. This could be due to the collision of two neutron star. Neutron stars are the core left over after a supernova in a star many times larger than the sun. The effect of gravity is so great that evens the protons of a remaining Core collapse on their own and turn into a neutron. It contains the strongest metal in the universe called nuclear pasta . A neutron star is made up almost entirely of neutrons. More than a hundred years ago, Einstein ...
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