Creating a neutron star Before you can get this ideal cosmic laboratory, a star first has to die. The end of a star’s life depends largely on its mass. Unremarkable stars like the Sun go out with a ...

Even astronomers who study peculiar outer space objects have their favorites. Here are some interstellar bodies that have won ...

A mysterious and radiant glow is emanating from the center of our galaxy, which has become a centre of attraction for all ...

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

There is a mysterious glow coming from the middle of our galaxy – and scientists say it could help solve one of the ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

The field of astrophysics continues to probe the extreme regimes of matter and gravity through studies of neutron stars and black holes. These compact objects, forged in the aftermath of stellar ...

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 ...

Scientists spotted the heavy water (which we'll get into in just a moment) in the planet-forming disk of gas and dust around ...