Neutron stars are ultra-dense star remnants made up primarily of nucleons (i.e., protons and neutrons). Over the course of ...

New research in our Milky Way has revealed a neutron star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed. It spins 716 times per second, making it one of the fastest-spinning objects ever ...

This study shows that the universe itself can push the boundaries of physics in ways laboratory tests cannot. By ruling out ...

As the collapsed core of a massive star, a neutron star is a small but incredibly dense object, packing up to three times the mass of our sun into a small volume. Models predict that neutron stars are ...

Fireworks are likely dying down in your neighborhood as New Year's celebrations draw to a close. However, for neutron stars, which are dead stars that spin so fast they can celebrate an Earth New Year ...

Physicists have shown that extremely light particles known as axions may occur in large clouds around neutron stars. These axions could form an explanation for the elusive dark matter that ...

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Quantum computing and neutron star physics are converging on the same hard problem: how to describe matter when gravity and ...

You wait ages for a neutron star-normal star binary to turn up, then 21 arrive at once. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Neutron stars—the dense remnants of massive stellar explosions—and their presence in X‐ray binaries serve as natural laboratories for extreme physics. In these systems, matter is transferred from a ...

The lightless behemoths are explored in new simulations of their interactions with extremely dense stars. A forgotten flare from a dead star could explain how the early cosmos got its bling. It now ...

A spoonful of this star's matter can weigh a billion tons. By developing a new theoretical relation describing just how compact neutron stars — which are the remnants of massive stars that have gone ...