Einstein Probe Discovers a Secret Phase of Neutron Star Collisions
Artist’s impression of satellites observing high-energy prompt emission from a binary neutron star merger. SVOM and HXMT detected…
After years of silence, a pulsar suddenly changes its spin three times
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An artist’s illustration showing a neutron star and planets. After studying a young pulsar…
Empty Space May Not Be Empty After All: Magnetar Reveals a Bizarre Quantum Effect
A Swinburne astronomer may have just confirmed one of the quirkiest aspects of quantum mechanics: that seemingly empty…
Scientists Solve a Decades-Old Mystery Inside Atomic Nuclei
A long-standing puzzle in nuclear physics may finally have an answer: unexpected low-energy gamma rays in zinc-70 appear…
Fermi Identifies Hidden Engine behind Superluminous Supernovae
New gamma-ray observations from NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope suggest ultra-magnetic neutron stars called magnetars could be fueling superluminous…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Could Finally Find the Milky Way’s Missing Neutron Stars
NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could uncover one of the Milky Way’s biggest hidden populations: invisible…
Newborn magnetar offers rare evidence of Einstein’s relativity in a stellar explosion
The light did not fade the way it was supposed to. After blazing into view about a billion…
Scientists find a new way to probe Neutron Star interiors
Neutron stars are like cosmic laboratories. Born from collapsed stars, they’re packed so tightly that a teaspoon of…
A pulsar rotating 122 times per second could be present at the heart of the Milky Way
ⓘ NidhiYashwanth – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing a pulsar. After conducting research, astronomers would have discovered a…
Physicists Begin Building First-Ever Graviton Detector
Stevens Institute of Technology physicist Igor Pikovski and colleagues are developing the first experiment designed to capture individual…
For the first time, astronomers observed the first moments of a supernova shock wave
Many cosmic events occur in space and sometimes surprise astronomers. This is the case of these scientists who…
New Space Observatory Reveals Extreme Physics Behind X-Ray Binary Stars
Artist’s impression of the powerful winds blowing from the bright X-ray source GX13+1. The X-rays are coming from…