Cosmic Slowpoke: The Neutron Star That Defies Speed Limits
A newly discovered neutron star, found by an international team using the ASKAP radio telescope, spins every 54 minutes, making it the slowest of its…
Neutron Star News
Neutron stars are the incredibly dense remnants of massive stars that have undergone a supernova explosion. Typically, they have about 1.4 times the mass of the Sun compressed into a sphere only about 20 kilometers across, resulting in some of the densest matter in the observable universe. Neutron stars are composed primarily of neutrons; they are so dense that a sugar-cube-sized amount of material from one would weigh about a billion tons on Earth.
Quick-Cooling Oddballs Rewrite Neutron Star Physics
Recent observations by ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra have revealed three unusually cold, young neutron stars, challenging current models by showing they cool much faster…
Quantum Vortex Mystery: Unveiling the Twisted Roots of Neutron Stars’ Puzzling Pulses
A recent study has unveiled the origins of the mysterious “heartbeats” observed in neutron stars, relating them to glitches caused by the dynamics of superfluid…
When Stars Collide: Unveiling the Universe’s Hidden Particles
New simulations show that neutrinos created during these cataclysmic neutron star collisions are briefly out of thermodynamic equilibrium with the cold cores of the merging…
ESA Satellites Detect Mysterious Gamma-Ray Burst in Nearby Galaxy
An international team, with the assistance of ESA satellites, and including researchers from UNIGE, has detected a massive eruption emanating from a magnetar, an extremely…
“Extraordinary” Slow-Spinning Neutron Star Shakes Astrophysics
Most collapsed stars fully rotate in seconds. This one takes almost an hour. Australian scientists from the University of Sydney and Australia’s national science agency,…
“Cosmic Cannibals” – Astonishing Speeds of Stellar Jets Unveiled for the First Time
Astronomers have successfully measured the velocity of rapidly moving jets in space for the first time, a critical factor in the formation of stars and…
Scientists Bring Star Matter Closer to Earth With Creation of 5 New Isotopes
International research team creates 5 new isotopes. An international research team at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University has successfully…
Integral Space Telescope Spots Massive Nuclear Explosions Feeding Neutron Star Jets
ESA’s gamma-ray space telescope Integral has played a decisive role in capturing jets of matter being expelled into space at one-third the speed of light….
Webb Telescope Uncovers Neutron Star Hidden in Supernova Debris
Astronomers detect long-sought compact object within the remnant of Supernova 1987A In February 1987, the closest supernova to Earth in almost 400 years exploded onto…
The Quest for a Theory of Everything – Scientists Put Einstein to the Test
Long before Archimedes suggested that all phenomena observable to us might be understandable through fundamental principles, humans have imagined the possibility of a theory of…
Physics Beyond Known Laws: Neutron Star Collisions Shed Light on Dark Matter Mysteries
Neutron star mergers are a treasure trove for new physics signals, with implications for determining the true nature of dark matter, according to research from…
Unveiling the Universe’s Heavy Element Alchemy With Neutron Star Mergers
Breakthrough discovery puts astronomers one step closer to solving the mystery of the origin of elements that are heavier than iron. An international team of…
Webb Space Telescope Discovers Neutron Star in Historic Supernova Debris
The discovery of a neutron star in Supernova 1987A illuminates the life cycle of stars and the cosmic origins of essential elements. An international team…
Superfluid Surprise: MIT Physicists Capture Images of “Second Sound” for the First Time
MIT’s visualization of second sound opens new paths for understanding heat’s wave-like behavior in superfluids and its implications for various states of matter, expanding scientists’…
Astrophysics in Crisis? Mystery Object Discovered That Could Change Everything
Astronomers discover a celestial object that defies classification, possibly uncovering a new type of cosmic entity at the edge of known physics. Sometimes astronomers come…
Einstein’s Enigma: How a Mysterious Cosmic Object in Milky Way Could Test Relativity Like Never Before
Using the MeerKAT Telescope, astronomers found a mysterious object in the Milky Way’s black hole mass gap, challenging existing astronomical classifications and offering a unique…
Astronomers Unprecedented Discovery – Stellar Corpse Shows Signs of Life
A distant star’s explosive demise left behind an active stellar corpse, which is believed to be the source of multiple energetic flares detected over several…