Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts. Neutron stars are ...

It’s a pretty fundamental question in terms of the origin of complex matter in the universe,” Anirudh Patel said in a NASA ...

You might owe that gold necklace around your neck to a moody, long-dead star from the universe’s ancient past. According to a ...

Neutron star mergers are collisions between neutron stars, the collapsed cores of what were once massive supergiant stars.

Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...

Astronomers have discovered a second long-sought production site of gold, uranium and other heavy elements — and answered a ...

Now, researchers led by Los Alamos National Laboratory have proposed a bold new idea: that stars collapsing into black holes ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

Astronomers say the extreme magnetic field of Magnetar SGR 0501+4516 could ‘rip apart every atom inside the body’ ...