In this still from a simulation, a neutron star is destroyed by the strong gravitational forces of its binary partner, a black hole. This disruption may lead to the production of heavy elements like gold, as detailed in a recent publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters and a corresponding AAS Nova article. Merging compact binaries like this one are also the source of the gravitational wave signals detected by observatories like LIGO, Virgo, and Kagra. This three-interferometer network recently announced the discovery of a slew of new detections, bringing the total count of observed gravitational wave signals up to 90. [Credit: (Visualization) T. Dietrich/N. Fischer/S. Ossokine/H. Pfeiffer/T. Vu; (Simulation) V. Chaurasia/T. Dietrich]