My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about recent discoveries about Neutron stars focusing on the last few months (as of mid 2024) It's holiday season here in East Asia so I'm spending a ...

Using the world's most advanced radio telescopes, astronomers have discovered a spinning dead star so rare, strange and unique that they have dubbed it a "cosmic unicorn." The unique properties of ...

A superkilonova candidate event, named AT2025ulz, was observed in 2025; LIGO and Virgo first spotted gravitational waves, ...

Astronomers may have identified the first-ever superkilonova, a massive cosmic explosion, through a gravitational wave signal ...

Scientists from several institutions, including the University of Chicago, discovered a lemon-shaped planet with an ...

For more than 60 years, the High Flux Isotope Reactor has produced neutron beams for the benefit of society, creating real-world impacts that span energy security, quantum computing, healthcare, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A bright blast of X-rays from a source in a distant galaxy has led astronomers to a fascinating discovery. Neutron stars are dense stellar objects ...

It weighs more than 2 times the mass of our sun, but is only 18 miles wide. Astronomers have discovered the "most massive neutron star ever measured," amassing to more than two times the mass of our ...

"What is remarkable is that the time between pulse pairs seems to follow a choreographed pattern." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

One of the four missions at DOE’s High Flux Isotope Reactor is neutron scattering, a research technique used to study matter at the atomic scale. These neutrons are produced at HFIR through fission, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A bright burst of X-rays has been discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in a galaxy 6.6 billion light years from Earth. This event likely ...