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.

The cross-section of a neutron star showing the exotic matter that may compose the interior of these dead stars. (Image credit: Jyrki Hokkanen/CSC) Magnetars, like all neutron stars , owe their ...

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.

NASA artist’s conception illustrates the aftermath of a "kilonova," a powerful event that happens when two neutron stars merge. These events could decimate life on Earth if we were too close to one.

Nothing inspires stellar awe quite like a neutron star.Often stretching only 15 miles across, these dead, collapsed stars can contain up to 2.5 times the mass of our own Sun (which is 865,000 ...

Far from our cozy home in the cosmos, stars are performing violent and extreme acts almost beyond our imagination. Neutron stars, the unbelievably dense remnants of huge stars—a teaspoon of ...

The neutron star, residing in our Milky Way galaxy in the direction of the constellation Sextans and formally named PSR J0952-0607, is located roughly 20,000 light years from Earth, Romani said.

An intensely magnetic neutron star roughly 15,000 light-years from Earth is stumping astronomers with its ultra long periods, unleashing radio waves into the cosmos every 22 minutes.