Highly magnetic neutron star is wandering our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have tracked ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed a roaming magnetar of a different origin, indicating the possibility of understanding ...

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Kilonova explosions from neutron star collisions may damage atmospheres and threaten life if nearby, according to a new study ...

Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and triggered global biodiversity loss. A new study suggests that at least two o ...

After converging, the binary star system will explode into a Type 1a supernova. Scientists have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarf stars are responsible for creating Type 1a supernovas ...

Then, when the Sun-type star died and became a white dwarf ... which only form when very massive stars explode as a supernova. Neutron stars possess incredibly powerful magnetic fields, which ...

The stars in this rare high mass and compact binary star system are on a collision course with one another that should result in a special kind of supernova. Astronomers expect them to explode as ...

A research group from the UK has discovered an extremely rare star system in our cosmic neighborhood ... each other in a type Ia thermonuclear supernova, the entire system will be destroyed ...