Neutron stars shake understanding of black holes
A newly observed neutron star merger has cast doubt on the previously known mechanism of black hole formation.
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A newly observed neutron star merger has cast doubt on the previously known mechanism of black hole formation.
An X-ray-emitting star located in the Messier 82 galaxy about 12 million light-years from Earth is so bright it breaks the laws of physics.
Whether there are aliens in the universe is an ancient and eternal question.
This magnetic field is 10,000 times stronger than the strongest neutron star we know of, and 10 million million times stronger than a typical refrigerator magnet can pro…
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected two neutron stars colliding so violently that they may be creating gold in space.
A group of Chinese astrophysicists have come up with a scenario
5,000 light years from Earth, three objects are stuck together and about to turn into a
Intense space-time ripples from the collision between a neutron star and a mysterious object have puzzled scientists.
A dead world located 8,100 light years away from us suddenly emitted a never-before-seen radio signal after more than 10 years of disappearance.
The mass per cubic centimeter can amount to more than 100 million tons, and a tablespoon of matter weighs as much as a mountain on Earth.
Rising from the past several billion years ago and entering the telescope, the Camel shows its formidable power when it explodes and tore apart an entire galaxy.
Astronomers have tracked a mysterious cosmic object that performed 1,652 bursts of energy in a short period of time.
Astrophysicists have discovered the strangest radio signal ever, coming from a merger between a black hole and an unknown object.
NASA astronomers discovered a very young and powerful neutron star, about 16,000 light-years from Earth.
Inside the neutron stars is the 'noodle nucleus' - an unusual state of matter, consisting of subatomic particles called quarks.