Astronomers have measured pulsars spinning at 716 rotations per second, with a theoretical speed of 1,500 before losing ...

Learn about the explosions that often occur at the end of a white dwarf star's life, allowing scientists to study the acceleration of the universe.

In a paper published earlier this month in Physical Review Letters, a team of physicists led by Jonathan Richardson of the ...

The research paper reports a breakthrough that will enable gravitational-wave detectors to reach extreme laser powers. It ...

Supernova debris speeds up neutron stars, strengthening magnetic fields. This explains why low-intensity magnetars still produce bursts.

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers have investigated the emission properties ...