Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the magnetar called SGR 0501+4516 is traversing our galaxy ...

Collision of Two Neutron Stars Billions of Years Ago Made Enough Gold and Uranium To Fill Earth's Oceans, Says Study Billions ...

Kilonova explosions from neutron star collisions may damage atmospheres and threaten life if nearby, according to a new study ...

A new paper provides scientists with a groundbreaking tool for understanding cataclysmic events. Physicist Glennys Farrar has ...

"Understanding the birth masses of neutron stars is key to unlocking their formation history," said Dr. Simon Stevenson, an ...

Simulations of highly magnetized stars that explode and collapse into black holes show that they transfer their magnetic fields to the disk of swirling matter that forms around the new black hole.

New approach could aid “multimessenger” astronomy by quickly locating sources of gravitational waves emitted during these cosmic events ...

A high-energy photonic jet (white and blue) blasts through a collapsar with a black hole at its center. The red space around the jet represents the cocoon where free neutrons may be captured ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star ... crucial role in the formation of heavy elements, which astronomers have observed in ancient stars -- celestial ...

StarBurst, a wide-field gamma ray observatory, arrived at March 4 for environmental testing and final instrument integration.