Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of ...

A research team is using astrophysical explosions to understand the mysterious forces at work in some of the smallest ...

Scientists analyzing a gravitational-wave signal have discovered that a neutron star and black hole spiraled together on an ...

In 2020, astronomers discovered a violent cosmic event that has led them to rethink how extreme pairs of astronomical objects form. These pairs are capable of producing powerful cosmic collisions.

Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number ...

Scientists have uncovered the first robust evidence of a black hole and neutron star crashing together but orbiting in an ...

When massive stars collapse, they can form neutron stars—objects so dense that atoms themselves are crushed apart. But some physicists believe the collapse could go even further, creating an exotic ...

Some of the universe’s densest objects can twist, stretch, and resonate in ways that challenge even the most seasoned ...

Scientists have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to unlock secrets hidden within the ...

A new study explains how some supernovae are particularly dazzling—the glow from a magnetic, spinning ball of neutrons called a magnetar. An assist from Einstein is what settled the case ...

These provide statistical insights into the collisions between the incredibly compact objects that cause them, whether neutron stars or black holes. The new detections have also allowed us to find ...

Located in Dongguan, Guangdong province, CSNS is China's first and the world's fourth pulsed spallation neutron source, operated by the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of ...