On the outskirts of the Milky Way, one of the rarest kinds of stars in the galaxy has just become even more mysterious than ...

A new paper provides scientists with a groundbreaking tool for understanding cataclysmic events. Physicist Glennys Farrar has ...

Neutron star mergers are collisions between neutron stars, the collapsed cores of what were once massive supergiant stars. These mergers are known to generate gravitational waves, energy-carrying ...

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

Neutron stars are the densest objects in the universe after they form from supernova crashes of massive stars. These mysterious bodies have fascinated researchers throughout the last several decades, ...

There has been a growing focus on celestial explosions called kilonova events. These eruptions happen when two dense stars, known as neutron stars, crash into each other and release bursts of matter, ...

Magnetars are surrounded by the most powerful magnetic fields in the known universe, but these dead stars are also surrounded by plenty of mystery. And now, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope ...