Neutron stars shower gold on universe in big bang, felt on Earth as 100-second grav wave

LIGO boffins pinpoint space prang 130m light years away

Barely two years after it came online, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has scored a double success. Last week, the instrument earned its creators a Nobel Prize - and this week we're told it helped spot the first neutron star collision from both its gravitational wave and radiation emissions."