For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light ...

In 2015, astrophysicists discovered a system consisting of two compact stars orbiting each other: a pulsar (i.e., a highly ...

An international team of astrophysicists from China and Australia has for the first time determined how massive neutron stars ...

Binary neutron star mergers occur millions of light-years away from Earth. Interpreting the gravitational waves they produce presents a major challenge for traditional data-analysis methods. These ...

A supernova is a cataclysmic stellar death that leaves behind a black hole or neutron star. It is the biggest, brightest, and most violent type of explosion scientists have observed in the universe.

When enough gas builds up on the neutron star's surface, it triggers a massive thermonuclear explosion that releases an intense burst of X-ray radiation. Another theory is that it could be a rare ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study provides new ...

Scientists have captured a special kind of radio signal from a galaxy that’s nearly 9 billion light-years away from the Earth ...

An international team of astrophysicists led by the Netherlands and the UK have discovered that radio pulses lasting seconds ...

Possible explanations include a neutron star pulling in gas from ... as their formation and long-term stability remain unclear. The star's explosion in 1181 was initially noted by skywatchers ...