The bold question-askers at What If explore what would happen if a spoonful of neutron star appeared on Earth. The revolt of Marjorie Taylor Greene, now Donald Trump’s fiercest critic Ohio AD wants ...

A team of astronomers claims it has observed the birth of an unusual cosmic object. In an observation of a gamma-ray captured in 2023, they believe they have detected a signal that is comparable to ...

See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a visual frequency scale (at left) track the steady rise in the frequency of ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch up to three times this week, with each mission planned to deploy internet communications satellites into low-Earth orbit: two for the company’s own Starlink ...

This quiz will take you on a journey through the life cycle of stars, their classification, and the incredible processes that power them. Stars are the glittering beacons of the universe — massive ...

Abstract: NASA’s Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) observed X-ray emission from the pulsar PSR J0030 + 0451 in 2018. Riley et al. reported Bayesian parameter measurements of the mass ...

Back in 2019, the gravitational wave observatories LIGO and Virgo detected major ripples in spacetime. While astronomers generally agree that the event, dubbed GW190521, was the result of two black ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Villares, 23, exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about all things Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, game ...

Here is a thought experiment for you: imagine shining a powerful laser at the moon, the beam cutting through space until it lands on its dusty grey surface. Now flick the laser so the spot of light ...

The transformation of neutrinos in a neutron star merger could be crucial to shaping the way events of the collision unfold. For the first time, a team of physicists has simulated how neutrinos change ...

A discovery involving researchers at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has, for the first time, revealed millisecond pulsations hidden within a powerful cosmic explosion known as a gamma-ray burst ...

An artistic illustration of the magnetar and the gamma-ray burst jet in this work (Illustration: Yuja Tian and Yuting Wu, Nanjing Zhijiao Cloud Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.; Scientific concept ...