A new supercomputer analysis of neutron stars has revealed that there's between an 80% and 90% chance that these bodies have cores packed with free quarks, which are fundamental, subatomic ...

Neutron stars are the classic example of a synthesis between quantum mechanics and gravity. Formed after the collapse of the remnants of a supernova, a neutron star is generally smaller than the ...

A neutron star has the same mass as our sun, but it's all wrapped up in a much smaller physical space of about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) in diameter. Those two features make it one of the densest ...

The youngest neutron star detected so far turned 37 years old last week. ... To save our comments section from the wrath of "well actuallys," let's just acknowledge those caveats about the claim.

Astronomers have measured a neutron star that is so massive it's "teetering on the edge of existence." Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar. advertisement. Space.

The team’s research was based on observations of the neutron star merger behind gravitational wave signal GW 170817, picked up by Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in ...

A black hole consumes a neutron star Astronomers have definitively detected a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first – and second – time. These cataclysmic events created ripples in ...