See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a ...

Cosmic magnetic fields have puzzled scientists for 70 years, and the answer was hiding in plain sight all along.

Scientists call this state of matter a quark-gluon plasma. This state of matter existed during the first fraction of a second ...

Researchers have identified a potential mechanism that explains how turbulent plasma can produce the vast, ordered magnetic ...

An international team from China and Italy has reported a possible cosmic encore to the landmark 2017 multi-messenger ...

A research team is using astrophysical explosions to understand the mysterious forces at work in some of the smallest ...

Scientists have discovered that before black holes collide with neutron stars and merge, these extreme stellar remnants can swirl around each other in oval orbits rather than in c ...

Some of the universe’s densest objects can twist, stretch, and resonate in ways that challenge even the most seasoned physicists. Neutron stars, the remnants of massive stars that have exploded as ...

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New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer provided detailed modeling of the electromagnetic signals emitted during the final moments before neutron star mergers, NASA reported on January 29, ...

A team of astronomers believe they’ve witnessed a star split in half before merging back together again, triggering an ungodly double explosion that’s sending seismic ripples through both the ...

This artist's animation shows a hypothe sized event known as a superkilonova . Initially, a massive star explodes in a supernova, which generates elements like carbon and iron. In the aftermath, two ...