An international team of astrophysicists from China and Australia has for the first time determined how massive neutron stars are when they are born. "Understanding the birth masses of neutron ...

Neutron stars may be shrouded in axions Physicists show that neutron stars may be shrouded in clouds of 'axions' -- and that these clouds can teach us a lot Date: October 18, 2024 Source ...

New research suggests that colliding neutron stars can briefly "trap" ghostly particles called neutrinos, which could reveal new secrets about some of space's most extreme events. When you ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] Some neutron stars may contain a "special type of matter," according to a new NASA study. These observations ...

Matching the neutron stars' cooling rates to their equation of state could help scientists figure out a quantum theory of gravity. Scientists have found that three neutron stars, born in the fires ...

Could neutron stars hold the key to unlocking the secrets of dark matter? A new study suggests this possibility, showing how collisions with dark matter could rapidly heat these dense stars, thereby ...

The youngest neutron star detected so far turned 37 years old last week. To celebrate, James Webb Space Telescope has finally found the most direct evidence of it, hiding among the remains of the ...

Neutron stars are some of the densest objects in the universe. As compact as an atomic nucleus, yet as large as a city, they push the limits of our understanding of extreme matter. The heavier a ...

Ever since neutron stars were discovered, researchers have been using their unusual properties to probe our universe. The superdense remnants of stellar explosions, neutron stars pack a mass ...

More than 60 years after they were first discovered, scientists working to understand the structure of neutron stars finally have the perfect point of comparison: chocolate pralines. Neutron stars ...

The lightest neutron star ever found, at around 0.77 times the mass of the sun, no longer fits with our understanding of how these stars form. It might even contain exotic matter like strange quarks.

Called a neutron star, the dense, collapsed remnants of a massive star weighs more than twice the mass of our sun, making it the heaviest neutron star known to date. The object spins 707 times per ...