Understanding these cosmic collisions not only sheds light on the origins of elements but also reveals the history that ...

Kilonova explosions from neutron star collisions may damage atmospheres and threaten life if nearby, according to a new study ...

Only about 1,000 pulsars are known to exist, though there may be hundreds of millions of old neutron stars in the galaxy. The staggering pressures that exist at the core of neutron stars may be ...

The SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY is a part of the Smithsonian Institution which, in conjunction with the Harvard ...

Extraordinarily powerful light from gamma-ray bursts might help produce heavy elements from the outer shells of dying stars.

Simulations of highly magnetized stars that explode and collapse into black holes show that they transfer their magnetic fields to the disk of swirling matter that forms around the new black hole.

Neutron stars are very small and dense stars ... although the composition of the innermost core is still unknown. The NICER mission will probe these stars to reveal the nature of matter under ...

An international team of astrophysicists from China and Australia has for the first time determined how massive neutron stars are when they are born. "Understanding the birth masses of neutron ...

"We zeroed in on five of these where we expected the neutron star mass to be particularly low because of the core structure of the progenitor, specifically the mass of the iron and silicon core.

An international team, including UNIGE, has reproduced for the first time the formation and evolution of a magnetar.

Entwined dwarf stars reveal their location thanks to repeated radio bursts We now know it isn't just neutron stars that emit such pulses Date: March 12, 2025 Source: University of Sydney Summary ...