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

Where does gold really come from? It turns out that the glittering metal on Earth has its roots in violent cosmic events — ...

Space has a way of making scientists throw out their textbooks. Just when astronomers think they understand how the universe ...

You can't have gold until a nucleus decays. The specifics of that process have been hard to pin down, but UT's nuclear ...

The universe is a strange place. The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) orbiting observatory recently highlighted ...

(Nanowerk News) A Finnish research group has found strong evidence for the presence of exotic quark matter inside the cores of the largest neutron stars in existence. The conclusion was reached by ...

Since the discovery, researchers have uncovered a whole menagerie of neutron stars with varying properties. But there are a few basic characteristics that these stars exhibit across the board. Just as ...

More often than not, astronomers have a specific something they’re looking for when searching the cosmos. But the universe is achingly huge and mysterious, leading to discoveries no one ever set out ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A bright burst of X-rays has been discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in a galaxy 6.6 billion light years from Earth. This event likely ...