neutron star

The Maximum Mass of a Neutron Star is 2.25 Solar Masses

When stars grow old and die, their mass determines their ultimate fate. Many supermassive stars have futures as neutron stars.…

3 days ago

Another Clue Into the True Nature of Fast Radio Bursts

Astronomers have used two X-ray telescopes to study a neutron star and have discovered a link between it and mysterious…

1 month ago

Black Holes and Neutron Stars are Finally Linked to Supernovae

Everybody knows that the explosive deaths of supermassive stars (called supernovae) lead to the creation of black holes or neutron…

2 months ago

Do Neutron Stars Have Mountains? Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Detect Them

Neutron stars are the incredibly dense remnants from massive star supernovae. Although they're pulled into dense spheres by their intense…

2 months ago

The Most Massive Neutron Stars Probably Have Cores of Quark Matter

When a star with several times the mass of the Sun dies in a supernova explosion, it ends up as…

3 months ago

Simulation Perfectly Matches What We See When Neutron Stars Collide

There are many mysteries in the world of astronomy and a fair number relate to the processes during the end…

3 months ago

Scientists Found Evidence Of A Nearby Kilonova 3.5 Million Years Ago

Most of the times astronomers reported dramatic, cataclysmic events like neutron star mergers or the creation of a black hole;…

3 months ago

When Stars Consume Their Partners, We Could Detect a Blast of Neutrinos

You might be familiar with the bizarre ritual of the female praying mantis which, I’m told, bites off the head…

4 months ago

Astronomers are Hoping to Detect Gravitational Waves Coming from Supernova 1987A

A supernova explosion is a cataclysmic explosion that marks the violent end of a massive star’s life. During the event,…

4 months ago

If Neutron Stars Have Mountains, They Should Generate Gravitational Waves

Astronomers have discovered the gravitational waves released by colliding black holes, neutron stars, and even the background waves from merging…

6 months ago