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

Pulsars and neutron stars are some of the most fascinating and mysterious objects in the universe. In this video, we explore ...

The team suggests that if there are small mountains on pulsars, China’s FAST (Five- hundred-meter Aperture Spherical ...

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

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The Universe is a vast, twinkling enigma, teasing us with secrets that feel like they're just out of reach. Scientists at ...

Astronomers had long been suspecting that some stars do meet their end of life with a dual detonation and new images prove ...

European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took photos a rare supernova roughly 300 years after it happened ...

I’ve spent much of my long life studying — and trying to understand — the history of the universe. Along the way, I have been constantly reminded that science is essentially international: Science ...