The neutron star 4U 1820-30 is one of the fastest spinning bodies in the universe, spinning at 716 times a second and erupting like an atomic bomb, NASA's NICER telescope has found.

Astronomers find first strong evidence of neutron star remnant of exploding star An international team of astronomers including UCL’s Professor Mike Barlow has discovered the first conclusive ...

Neutron stars can have a resounding impact around the universe. Scientists recently announced the first detection of gravitational waves created by two neutron stars smashing into each other. 1:33 ...

Neutron stars can exist in isolation, only detectable by their surface temperature, ... They are so powerful because the star has lost the fight against gravity, and it ends up exploding!

Dance of electrons measured in the glow from exploding neutron-stars. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 11 / 241104112242.htm ...

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

According to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, it is explosions of highly magnetized neutron stars, or magnetars, that caused gold and other heavy metals to form in space.

According to Stevance and her team’s analysis, the two neutron stars in the collision were, respectively, the remains of a star 13 to 24 times the mass of the Sun and another star 10 to 12 times ...

A neutron star with an identity crisis. NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope discovered the 31st magnetar, Swift J1818.01607 or J1818 for short, in March 2020.

Black holes:  The temperature of elementary particles has been observed in the radioactive glow following the collision of two neutron stars and the birth of a black hole. This has, for the ...