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

Citizen astronomers see moment star explodes by playing ‘spot the difference’ - A cataclysmic variable star was found as part ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses. They definitely exist in East Lansing, Michigan.

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

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

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

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

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

Imagine a star so dense that a teaspoon of its material would weigh as much as Mount Everest, spinning hundreds of times per ...

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.