That makes the lighter object more massive than the heaviest type of dead star, or neutron star, previously observed - of just over two solar masses. But it was also lighter than the lightest ...

The latter potentially come in many types, of which the authors discuss two: a continuous signal emitted during large parts ...

The collision of neutron stars is an opportunity to see what is inside these incredible objects Astronomers can for the first time detect the smashing together of dead suns known as neutron stars ...

Neutron stars are created when massive stars die and ... That is mainly because there are two types of these energetic blasts of radiowaves. Thus far, we have been talking about single-occurrence ...

Researchers have discovered that the neutron star in the binary system 4U 1820-30 rotates at an astonishing speed of 716 ...

Neutron stars are one of the densest objects in the universe, second only to black holes. Using observations from the merger of binary star system GW170817, astronomers believe that the mass of ...

These types of events happen every few decades ... The team thinks that just one detection of gamma rays from a neutron star at the center of supernova wreckage would be sufficient to determine ...