Neutron Star
Will The Sun Explode?
All stars die, some more violently than others. Once our own Sun has consumed all the hydrogen fuel in its…
This Spooky X-Ray ‘Hand’ Demonstrates A Pulsar Star Mystery
That spooky hand in the image above is producing questions for scientists. While the shape only coincidentally looks like a…
Suddenly Slowing Star Could Give Hints Of Its Interior
Why would a spinning star suddenly slow down? Even after writing a scientific paper about the phenomenon, astronomers still appear…
Galactic Gas Cloud Could Help Spot Hidden Black Holes
The heart of our Milky Way galaxy is an exotic place. It's swarming with gigantic stars, showered by lethal blasts…
Supernova G350 Kicks Up Some X-Ray Dust
[/caption] Located some 14,700 light years from the Earth toward the center of our galaxy, a newly photographed supernova remnant…
Did a Neutron Star Create the “Christmas Burst”?
[/caption] On December 25, 2010, at 1:38 p.m. EST, NASA's Swift Burst Alert Telescope detected a particularly long-lived gamma-ray burst…
The Crab Gets Cooked With Gamma Rays
[/caption] It's one of the most famous sights in the night sky... and 957 years ago it was bright enough…