Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts. Neutron stars are the leftover cores of exploded stars and the densest known material in the ...

The gargantuan collision of two neutron stars detected with gravitational waves in 2017 sparked one of the largest collective efforts in astronomy, as more than 70 teams scrambled to study its ...

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

Do we live in a supernova graveyard? A team of researchers proposes that 10 million years ago two giant neutron stars crashed into each other and debris from that intense explosion (called kilonova) ...

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." Magnetars are surrounded by the most powerful magnetic fields in the known universe, ...