The nuclear force that holds quarks together is explained by a theory called quantum chromodynamics. It predicts that at ...

The Milky Way has a missing pulsar problem in its core. Astronomers have tried to explain this for years. One of the more ...

"The capture and annihilation of dark matter in neutron stars would provide a source of heating that stops the star from ...

Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stellar remnants called neutron stars that ...

Scientists were astounded when they witnessed a "dead" neutron star with one of the most powerful magnetic fields in the ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering co-led a new study by an ...

Scientists have seen a sudden explosion coming from a rare object in a nearby galaxy. Researchers believe that the burst must ...

Detected in galaxy M82—better known as the Cigar Galaxy and one of the easiest to see with a backyard telescope at this time ...

After a journey lasting about two billion years, photons from an extremely energetic gamma-ray burst (GRB) struck the sensors ...

Neutron stars are massive gravitational monsters, and orbiting one wouldn't end up well for our planet. But what if we took just a spoonful of it and transported it to Earth? Such a tiny amount of a ...

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