In an unprecedented astronomical discovery, two neutron stars were seen colliding for the first time. The collision created gravitational waves, light and heavy elements like gold and platinum.

One of two things happens when neutron stars collide: they merge together to form a new, larger neutron star, or they collapse into a black hole. But ...

A collision of neutron stars was spotted with gravitational waves for the first time. Telescopes captured gamma rays, visible light and more from the smashup.

The collision of two neutron stars around 130 million light-years from Earth, and the unique physics this merger created, may have shed new light on dark matter.

When neutron stars collide, the explosions they create are perfectly spherical, a new study finds. This contradicts previous theories surrounding the blasts, known as kilonovas , that suggest they ...

Neutron stars are some of the densest objects in the universe, and when they collide it is with such force that they create ripples in spacetime, called gravitational waves.

While stars are typically known for being quite large, neutron stars are quite the opposite, as they are very small but also very dense. As an example, the average size of a neutron star is ...

An artist's depiction of colliding neutron stars sending out ripples in spacetime called gravitational waves. (Image credit: R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL) ...

According to a study, a neutron-star collision that occurred approximately 80 million years before the birth of our solar system produced an ample amount of gold, uranium, and other heavy elements ...

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