An article accepted for publication in “The Astrophysical Journal Letters” reports the results of the search for the afterglow of the merger between two neutron stars identified two years ago and cataloged as GW170817. It made history because it’s the first event of that type identified and was observed at both gravitational waves and electromagnetic waves. A team of researchers led by Wen-fai Fong of Northwestern University used the Hubble space telescope to detect the now very dim afterglow, the residual radiation after months of strong emissions.