Fifty experts on nuclear physics, particle physics and astrophysics met at CERN from 9 to 13 June to discuss how to use ...

Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...

Welcome to the most terrifying objects in the cosmos, Magnetars.These aren’t just neutron stars,they're neutron stars with supercharged magnetic power capable of ripping atoms apart and warping space ...

The bold question-askers at What If warn how a black neutron star could destabilize Earth’s orbit and wreak havoc.

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

A computer simulation shows how two neutron stars of unequal mass merge, form a black hole and spit out a jet of high energy matter.

"This discovery heralds a broader understanding of the diversity in massive stars' deaths and a need for deeper investigations into the whole landscape of stellar evolution." ...

More information: Kota Hayashi et al, Jet from Binary Neutron Star Merger with Prompt Black Hole Formation, Physical Review Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.211407 ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

This artist’s conception shows the collision of two neutron stars on Aug. 17. The event was detected in both gravitational waves and, more significantly, light. Jonah B. Kanner / Caltech ...