Astronomers Catch Powerful ‘Zombie Star’ Speeding Through the Milky Way, Have No Idea Where It is From The Hubble Space ...

Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts.

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

NASA scientists are tracking a star which is so powerful it would rip a human apart if they came within 600 miles - and they ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

When they are formed, neutron stars rotate in space. As they compress and shrink, this spinning speeds up because of the conservation of angular momentum—the same principle that causes a ...

This rare stellar remnant is known as a magnetar. It's a type of neutron star, which is formed when a large star dies and ...

Neutron star mergers are collisions between neutron stars, the collapsed cores of what were once massive supergiant stars.

On the outskirts of the Milky Way, one of the rarest kinds of stars in the galaxy has just become even more mysterious than ...