The SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) has observed a star system that "will one day form a kilonova — the ultra-powerful, gold-producing explosion created by merging neutron stars," according to NSF's NOIRLab.br br Credit:br Images and Videos: CTIONOIRLabNSFAURA, Fermilab, T. Puzia (PUC), J. da SilvaSpaceengineM. Zamani, P. Marenfeld, N.