Neutron Star
Are There Antimatter Galaxies?
One of the big mysteries in astronomy is what happened to all the antimatter? Is it possible that it’s actually…
Can We Now Predict When A Neutron Star Will Give Birth To A Black Hole?
New research has shed light on what the maximum amount of mass a neutron star can achieve before it collapses…
Andromeda’s First Spinning Neutron Star Found
Astronomers combing through data from the ESA's XMM Newton telescope have found the Andromeda Galaxy's first spinning neutron star.
What’s the Big Deal About the Pentaquark?
"Three quarks for Muster Mark!," wrote James Joyce in his labyrinthine fable, Finnegan's Wake. By now, you may have heard this quote -…
New Simulation Offers Stunning Images of Black Hole Merger
A black hole is an extraordinarily massive, improbably dense knot of spacetime that makes a living swallowing or slinging away any morsel of energy…
Split-Personality Pulsar Switches From Radio To Gamma-Rays
Another snapshot of our strange universe: astronomers recently caught a pulsar -- a particular kind of dense star -- switch…
An Earth-size Diamond in the Sky: The Coolest Known White Dwarf Detected
We live in a vast, dark Universe, which makes the smallest and coolest objects extremely difficult to detect, save for…
Spin! Crab Pulsar Speed Jumps Linked To Billions Of Tiny Vortices
Pulsars -- those supernova leftovers that are incredibly dense and spin very fast -- may change their speed due to…
Asteroid Swarm ‘Pounded’ Pulsar Star, Causing Changes Visible From Earth
When you throw a bunch of rock and debris at a rapidly spinning star, what happens? A new study suggests…
Runaway Pulsar Produces Longest Jet Trail Ever Observed
One of the fastest-moving pulsars ever observed is spewing out a record-breaking jet of high-energy particles that stretches 37 light…