The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a ...

A computer simulation shows how two neutron stars of unequal mass merge, form a black hole and spit out a jet of high energy matter.

Neutron stars have overall densities predicted by the APR EOS of 3.7 to 5.9 × 1017 kg/m³ (2.6 to 4.1 × 1014 times Solar density), which compares with the approximate density of an atomic ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

A groundbreaking simulation reveals how neutron star mergers forge black holes, generate gamma-ray bursts, and scatter gold ...

The team suggests that if there are small mountains on pulsars, China’s FAST (Five- hundred-meter Aperture Spherical ...

Astronomers had long been suspecting that some stars do meet their end of life with a dual detonation and new images prove ...

Pulsars, the dense cores of collapsed stars, could potentially have tiny mountains on their surfaces, challenging our current ...

Rocket Lab achieved a new milestone on June 28, 2025, with the successful launch of a confidential satellite aboard its Electron rocket.