The logic behind the researchers’ approach was straightforward. If scalar particles interact strongly with nucleons, neutron ...

Using NASA’s Swift satellite, McGill University and Penn State University astronomers have identified an object that is likely one of the closest neutron stars to Earth — and possibly the closest. The ...

A small star named M82 X-2 breaks physical barriers, as NASA's NuSTAR confirms it shines 10 million times brighter than the ...

In the end, the Universe becomes a place where gravity and quantum physics slowly turn all mass into faint streams of particles.

The neutron star PSR J0437 spins hundreds of times a second and has a mass equivalent to 1.4 suns. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

How fast can a neutron star spin? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as an international team of more than a dozen researchers have identified one of ...

The LIGO/VIRGO/KAGRA collaboration searches the universe for gravitational waves produced by the mergers of black holes and neutron stars. It has now announced the detection of a signal indicating a ...

Solar-type stars maintain consistent brightness due to hydrogen fusion, but their eventual death can result in significant events like the formation of white dwarfs (for less massive stars) or ...

Gold holds incredible value in the markets of our world. But have you ever stopped to wonder where it comes from?

It weighs more than 2 times the mass of our sun, but is only 18 miles wide. Astronomers have discovered the "most massive neutron star ever measured," amassing to more than two times the mass of our ...