Surrey Physicists Replace Theory With Data on Two Stellar Explosion Reactions
Nasa.gov When a massive star dies in a supernova, the blast forges radioactive titanium-44 in quantities that space…
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…
New research reveals massive stars both exploded in tandem
‘A rare opportunity’ The discovery may offer insight into binary systems composed of massive stars. “This system provides…
Astronomers have discovered a new millisecond pulsar in the Milky Way
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An artist’s illustration showing two neutron stars and a planet. A team of astronomers…
Scientists find evidence for theorized gargantuan star explosions
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) – A supernova – the explosive death of a star –…
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…
First-Ever Simulations Reveal Ghost Particles Shapeshifting in Violent Neutron Star Mergers
New simulations of neutron star mergers reveal that the mixing and changing of tiny particles called neutrinos impacts…
Astronomers Stunned by Strange Supernova Stripped to Its Core
An illustration of the ‘extremely stripped’ supernova 2021yfj. Credit: Keck Observatory / Adam Makarenko A companion star may…
Full Black Hole Recoil Measurement
Researchers have, for the first time, tracked the recoil of a newborn black hole, revealing new insights into…