Our readers agree that in the unlikely event you were able to approach a neutron star, it would look very smooth and bright ...

Astronomers have used an X-ray spacecraft called XRISM to observe powerful winds blowing from a neutron star — the findings ...

A recent Physical Review Letters study presents a new model for quark star merger ejecta that could resolve whether these ...

The GWTC 4.0 catalog records 128 new gravitational wave signals, revealing mergers of black holes and neutron stars detected by LIGO.

Astronomers may have recorded the violent birth of one of the weirdest objects our Universe is capable of producing.

A kilonova formed by colliding neutron stars releases gamma ray bursts powerful enough to vaporize atmospheres within a 36-light-year radius, threatening dozens of star systems.

See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a visual frequency scale (at left) track the steady rise in the frequency of ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

Astronomers report the discovery of two new highly scattered pulsars as part of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) ...

Two Thai astronomers have helped discover a new black widow pulsar designated PSR J1544–2555, contributing to international ...

A companion star may have stripped silicon layers. This provided a new window into stellar death. Astronomers have observed the inner layers of a dying star through a rare type of stellar explosion ...

It's a celestial event that has astronomers both excited and puzzled. Dan Smith has the story of how a gamma-ray burst across ...