Do we live in a supernova graveyard? A team of researchers proposes that 10 million years ago two giant neutron stars crashed ...

"We live in a supernova graveyard," he stated, alluding to the remnants of supernova explosions that have managed to settle into Earth’s ocean depths. It's a captivating notion that these cosmic ...

Do we inhabit a cosmic wasteland teeming with remnants of massive stellar explosions? Recent research proposes that approximately 10 million years ago, Earth and its Moon were bombarded by debris from ...

Neutron star mergers emit visible light (in the subsequent kilonova explosion) and other electromagnetic radiation in addition to gravitational waves, as shown in this video.

For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light ...

This is an artist’s impression of the first confirmed detection of a star system that will one day form a kilonova — the ultra-powerful, gold-producing explosion created by merging neutron stars.

Neutron stars are exotic and extremely compact stellar remnants. Only black holes have a higher mass density. While black holes colliding with each other can only be detected by the emitted ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Astronomers have discovered humanity’s first known example of a rare binary system ...

Deep-sea samples reveal traces of past cosmic explosions, prompting researchers to seek further proof in lunar soil.

Binary neutron star mergers occur millions of light-years away from Earth. Interpreting the gravitational waves they produce presents a major challenge for traditional data-analysis methods.