Using the world's most advanced radio telescopes, astronomers have discovered a spinning dead star so rare, strange and unique that they have dubbed it a "cosmic unicorn." The unique properties of ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A bright blast of X-rays from a source in a distant galaxy has led astronomers to a fascinating discovery. Neutron stars are dense stellar objects ...

Neutron stars are ultra-dense star remnants made up primarily of nucleons (i.e., protons and neutrons). Over the course of ...

For more than 60 years, the High Flux Isotope Reactor has produced neutron beams for the benefit of society, creating real-world impacts that span energy security, quantum computing, healthcare, ...

The record-breaking pulsar J1311-3430, found at the AEI, lies towards the constellation of Centaurus in the southern celestial hemisphere. The sky position of the pulsar–discovered solely through its ...

A newly discovered pulsar, PSR J0311+1402, located approximately 2,600 light-years away, exhibits an unusually long rotation period of 41 seconds, bridging a gap between typical pulsars and ...

"What is remarkable is that the time between pulse pairs seems to follow a choreographed pattern." Using the world's most advanced radio telescopes, astronomers have discovered a spinning dead star so ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A bright burst of X-rays has been discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in a galaxy 6.6 billion light years from Earth. This event likely ...

One of the four missions at DOE’s High Flux Isotope Reactor is neutron scattering, a research technique used to study matter at the atomic scale. These neutrons are produced at HFIR through fission, ...