Astronomers have used an X-ray spacecraft called XRISM to observe powerful winds blowing from a neutron star — the findings ...

New simulations of neutron star mergers reveal that the mixing and changing of tiny particles called neutrinos impacts how ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed view yet of a red supergiant star just before it exploded, hidden beneath layers ...

SpaceX rival Rocket Lab recently completed its 12th Electron mission of 2025 and is on track for the first in a slew of new launches for satellite and data analytics company Synspective. The launch ...

"It was just a matter of time before we found them." ...

Researchers analyze how long black hole, white dwarf and neutron stars take to decay to determine universe's age.

Binary star systems are not rare. Neither are systems where one star is a remnant like a white dwarf or neutron star, and its companion is on the main sequence. In those systems, the dense remnant can ...

Virginia celebrated the opening of its new launch pad last month at Wallops Island, which marks the state’s role in the ...

A companion star may have stripped silicon layers. This provided a new window into stellar death. Astronomers have observed the inner layers of a dying star through a rare type of stellar explosion ...

A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers has captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star before it ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the ...