Scientists have discovered a new way to probe the interiors of neutron stars by using gravitational waves to turn them into ...

The study of neutron stars and black holes is a fascinating area of astrophysics that explores some of the most extreme conditions in the universe. Neutron stars are incredibly dense remnants of ...

Nick Hague and Suni Williams spent six hours working on NICER, AMS and other equipment outside the International Space ...

Using the X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), Indian astronomers have ...

If a star orbits a black hole, it will appear from a distance to be orbiting empty space. Gaia projects the star’s orbit on a ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

The event is designated EP240408a, as it was first detected by the Einstein Probe, an X-ray space telescope, on 8 April 2024.

Highly energetic explosions in the sky are commonly attributed to gamma-ray bursts. We now understand that these bursts ...

A mysterious cosmic explosion, EP240408A, detected in 2023, may reveal a new black hole phenomenon. Scientists are ...

a space-based observatory that detects and measures X-ray emissions from black holes, neutron stars, galactic clusters, and other extreme cosmic sources. They noticed that X-rays from the black ...

That’s why all detections so far have been collisions between black holes or neutron stars. Those events are akin to throwing a pebble in a pond, but there are vibrations all the time.