The collision and merger of two neutron stars—the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars—are some of the most energetic ...

See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a ...

When two neutron stars collide, they unleash some of the most powerful forces in the universe, creating ripples in spacetime, ...

Neutron star collisions are known to be factories in which heavy elements are produced. The fusion that takes place inside ...

A recent Physical Review Letters study presents a new model for quark star merger ejecta that could resolve whether these ...

On Aug. 17, 2017, LIGO and Virgo detected a signal, GW170817, representing gravitational waves from a collision between neutron stars located around 130 million light-years from Earth. This was the ...

New simulations show that neutrino flavor transformations change both the composition and the signals left behind after neutron star collisions. When two neutron stars collide and merge, the result is ...

Ripples in spacetime now give astronomy a second sense. The network listens to collisions, maps a low-frequency background ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Scientists have developed the longest and most complex simulation to date ...

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar. The universe is full of spectacular and ...

Neutron stars escape collapse into a black hole thanks to degeneracy pressure produced by their neutrons, which is able to fight the crushing force of gravity. What exactly lies at the heart of a ...