NASA's NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, has paused ...

A groundbreaking simulation reveals how neutron star mergers forge black holes, generate gamma-ray bursts, and scatter gold ...

“Taken suddenly away from the neutron star interior, its own high pressure would make a piece of neutron star matter blow outward in all directions.” But let’s say we magically get that ...

The Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope is mounted on the International Space Station (ISS) and its ...

The NICER telescope developed a light leak in May 2023 when several thin thermal shields were damaged and let in sunlight ...

Fifty experts on nuclear physics, particle physics and astrophysics met at CERN from 9 to 13 June to discuss how to use ...

Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

The team used a supercomputer to simulate the fusion of two neutron stars 1.25 times and 1.65 times the mass of the sun, up to about 1.5 seconds after they merge.