Neutron star collisions are pretty important in the universe, and, perhaps surprisingly, also in our everyday lives. A ...

Gravitational wave astronomy has transformed our understanding of neutron stars by opening a novel observational window into the behaviour of matter at supranuclear densities and the dynamics of ...

Einstein's theory of relativity just got put to the test by the lightest binary neutron star system ever discovered.

Most stars in our universe come in pairs. While our own sun is a loner, many stars like our sun orbit similar stars, while a host of other exotic pairings between stars and cosmic orbs pepper the ...

Second only to black holes, neutron stars—incredibly dense star remnants—are the densest objects in the universe. When neutron stars collide, they create ripples in the fabric of space and time that ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Some neutron stars may contain a "special type of matter," according to ...

A new paper suggests that we could search for photons created by gravitational waves. A specific physical response turns gravitons from these waves into photons of electromagnetism. Scientists believe ...

After detecting a strange combination of signals in the summer of 2025, astronomers believe they may have captured the first evidence of a unique phenomenon previously theorized, but never observed: a ...

On July 16, 2024, the Royal Astronomical Society released the first image of a strange ‘garden sprinkler-like’ jet coming from a neutron star. The structure has an S shape, created as the jet changes ...

An international team of scientists have modelled formation and evolution of strongest magnetic fields in the Universe. An international team of scientists have modelled formation and evolution of ...

Astronomers have spotted a rare cosmic duo: a neutron star that rotates nearly a hundred times every second locked in an ultra-tight orbit with a semi-shredded star. The scientists who found the pair ...