Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...

Fictional astronaut John Crichton’s (Ben Browder) unintentional wormhole trip to the other side of the universe granted him a window to the wonders of the cosmos, for better or for worse. In the ...

The Milky Way Galaxy is full of cosmic objects of varying shapes and sizes - sometimes resembling objects here on Earth. A galactic center radio filament called G359.13142-0.20005 (or G359.13 for ...

Scientists used 12 different telescopes to unravel the mystery of why an unusual pulsar, or rapidly rotating dead star, constantly changes in brightness. CNN values your feedback 1.

X-ray image of the newly discovered pulsar wind nebular associated with an extreme Galactic cosmic ray source 1LHAASO J0343+5254u, obtained by the XMM-Newton space telescope (DiKerby, Zhang, et al ...

These 'cosmic lighthouses' can spin as fast as 700 rotations per second. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Pulsars are ...

The Milky Way has a broken "bone"—and it was caused by a collision with a pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star, speeding through it at some 1–2 million miles per hour.. This is the ...

Pulsar neutron stars may have allowed astrophysicists to spot hidden dark matter lurking out ... Using these stars as cosmic "timekeepers," researchers from the University of Notre Dame may ...

What cracked the Milky Way's giant cosmic bone? Scientists think they know. ... Scientists estimate this pulsar could be flying at a dizzying 1 million to 2 million mph. Topics NASA.

The Milky Way Galaxy is full of cosmic objects of varying shapes and sizes — sometimes resembling objects here on Earth. A galactic center radio filament called G359.13142-0.20005 (or G359.13 ...

X-ray image of the newly discovered pulsar wind nebular associated with an extreme Galactic cosmic ray source 1LHAASO J0343+5254u, obtained by the XMM-Newton space telescope (DiKerby, Zhang, et al ...

image: X-ray image of the newly discovered pulsar wind nebular associated with an extreme Galactic cosmic ray source 1LHAASO J0343+5254u, obtained by the XMM-Newton space telescope (DiKerby, Zhang ...