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

"It's pretty incredible to think that some of the heavy elements all around us, like the precious metals in our phones and computers, are produced in these crazy extreme environments." Scientists have ...

"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, ...