Neutron stars explained through stellar remnants and collapsed stars, revealing extreme density, gravity, magnetism, and ...

Scientists from several institutions, including the University of Chicago, discovered a lemon-shaped planet with an ...

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A double blast of dying stars may be the first observed case of a long-hypothesized, never proven “superkilonova.” Although ...

Neutron stars are covered with "mountains" only fractions of a millimeter tall, new research shows, meaning these bumps are hundreds of times smaller than previous estimates had suggested. Now, new ...

Federal facilities that offer neutron beams for U.S. industry play an outsized role in bringing new goods to market more quickly and cost-effectively, according to an analysis of neutron science's ...

The cosmos has delivered a rare kind of fireworks display, and astronomers are racing to understand what it means. A strange double flash from a distant galaxy appears to show two neutron stars ...

NASA's Hubble Telescope sees a flash of light 10 times brighter than expected... what was it? Perhaps the birth of a magnetar. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one ...

Number one for neutrons: During 2005–2015 the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble published more papers than any other neutron facility in the world. (Courtesy: ILL/Max Alexander) They found that in ...

For some neutron stars, the quickest way to cool off isn’t with a frosty beverage, but with lightweight, subatomic particles called neutrinos. Scientists have spotted the first solid evidence that ...

A genie in a bottle might grant you a wish, but neutrons trapped in a bottle aren’t so accommodating. Outside of an atomic nucleus, the neutral particles eventually decay into other particles. But ...

(Inside Science) — Exactly how long a neutron lives is currently under debate. Now researchers suggest this mystery could be solved if neutrons sometimes decay into particles of dark matter, the ...