New Type Neutron Star Discovered in Unusual Galactic Graveyard
Beginning of a new class of neutron star. A new kind of neutron star has been discovered by a University of Sydney astronomer and her…
Beginning of a new class of neutron star. A new kind of neutron star has been discovered by a University of Sydney astronomer and her…
When a massive star runs out of fuel and collapses, it may leave behind a neutron star. (Unless the leftover mass is too great, in…
In radio astronomy, a fast radio burst (FRB) is a transient radio pulse of length ranging from a fraction of a millisecond to a few…
An international team of astronomers has discovered a strange radio-emitting neutron star, which rotates extremely slowly, completing one rotation every 76 seconds. The team of…
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory continues to study GW170817, a neutron star merger that produced gravitational waves. Many telescopes saw different kinds of light after the…
Astronomers may have detected a “sonic boom” from a powerful blast known as a kilonova. This event—called GW170817—is a result of a merger of two…
Excess X-ray emissions from remnant four years after merger hint at bounce from delayed collapse. When two neutron stars spiral into one another and merge…
SISSA scientists provide the first simulation of neutron star collisions in extensions of general relativity relevant for cosmology, offering a new approach to test gravity….
Using the most powerful telescopes on Earth and in space, a team of astronomers has found for the first time blasts of hot, warm, and…
Astronomers have been using gravitational waves to detect merging black holes for years now, but may have to rely on pulsars – rapidly spinning neutron…
A new international study, led by an Australian researcher from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, searched for elusive continuous gravitational waves…
What Are Neutron Stars? A giant star faces several possible fates when it dies in a supernova. That star can either be completely destroyed, become…
An international scientific group with outstanding Valencian participation has managed to measure for the first time oscillations in the brightness of a neutron star –…
Nuclear physicists used supercomputers to model the extreme state left behind after two ultra-dense neutron stars merged and formed a black hole. Their models showed…
The discovery, based on an unusual event dubbed “The Cow,” may offer astronomers a new way to spot infant compact objects. In June of 2018,…
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, the first satellite dedicated to measuring…
Scientists have for the first time detected black holes eating neutron stars, “like Pac Man,” in a discovery documenting the collision of the two most…
Theory and experiments developed at Michigan State use ‘mirror nuclei’ to probe fundamental physics of atoms and neutron stars. About 20 years ago, Michigan State…