As the collapsed core of a massive star, a neutron star is a small but incredibly dense object, packing up to three times the ...

Intense gravitational lensing means you’d be able to see much more of a neutron star standing on its surface than you would ...

Neutron stars, these cosmic remnants resulting from the catastrophic explosion of massive stars, represent one of the most ...

Neutron stars pack extreme mass into tiny volumes. Scientists explore how compact they can become before collapsing into ...

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

V Sagittae’s violent mass transfer hints at an imminent nova—and a future supernova visible from Earth. Binary star systems are fairly common in the universe, as are pairs where one star is a compact ...

The federal government has been—and must remain—a critical partner in foundational technological innovation and research ...

NASA's NICER telescope halts its mission after a key motor fails; engineers attempt to salvage eight years of space science.