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 ...

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

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

Swift is a multiwavelength space telescope that scientists are using to find out more about these mysterious gamma-ray ...

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

These emissions typically come from regions in space where gravity is pulling in matter, leading to the formation of ...

A new study will improve the detection of gravitational waves—ripples in space and time. Scientists at the University of ...

X-ray bursts occur on the surface of a neutron star as it absorbs material from a companion star. This absorption initiates a ...

Astronomers just caught a dead star in a distant galaxy throwing a massive temper tantrum.

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