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Incredible New Footage Captures Two Stars Colliding Like We’ve Never Seen Before

The aftermath of an epic collision involving at least one neutron star has been captured for the first time in the millimeter range of radio frequency wavelengths.The result is a recording of a short-duration gamma-ray burst – one of the most energetic ever observed, and one of the brightest lingering afterglows we've ever seen. The data can help scientists learn more about these extreme events, and the effect they have on the space around them.  And there's an incredible timelapse of the event, the light of which seems…