Neutron stars represent one of the final evolutionary stages of a massive star, forming when stars with at least eight times ...

New research from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory uncovers fast-moving knots in black hole jets, highlighting differences in ...

The team’s research, which monitored X-ray bursts from the system between 2017 and 2021, revealed 15 thermonuclear explosions ...

A "dead star" neutron star has been spotted spinning 716 times a second, astonishing astronomers who say it is the joint ...

In the binary system 4U 1820-30, a neutron star is spinning so fast around its center axis that it completes a breathtaking ...

Astronomers continue to stress the value of X-ray science as NASA's flagship Chandra X-ray telescope remains on the chopping ...

Astronomers have discovered a "dead star" neutron star is spinning at an incredible 716 times a second, making it the joint fastest-spinning cosmic body ever seen. Not only this, but the neutron ...

They're more complex, making determining their 3D structure important. The new study, led by physicist David Raftrey from the ...

How fast can a neutron star spin? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as an ...

Although SPIN first reported it nearly a year ago, Murphy has finally confirmed that a new LCD Soundsystem album is in the ...

Neutron stars are as dense as the nucleus of an atom. They contain a star’s worth of matter in a sphere only a dozen ...