Intense gravitational lensing means you’d be able to see much more of a neutron star standing on its surface than you would ...

As the collapsed core of a massive star, a neutron star is a small but incredibly dense object, packing up to three times the ...

V Sagittae’s violent mass transfer hints at an imminent nova—and a future supernova visible from Earth. Binary star systems are fairly common in the universe, as are pairs where one star is a compact ...

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

The collision and merger of two neutron stars—the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars—are some of the most energetic events in the universe, producing a variety of signals that can be ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers using the powerfulMeerKAT telescope have detected 30 new radio transient pulsars as part of the MeerTRAP project. These pulsars, which emit short-duration ...

Astronomers observed the fading light of supernova SN 2025kg, which followed the fast X-ray transient (FXT) named EP 250108a.

There is a mysterious glow coming from the middle of our galaxy – and scientists say it could help solve one of the ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

At the heart of the Milky Way, a faint and widespread glow of gamma rays has puzzled astronomers for decades. The light could ...

A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way may actually be the first evidence for an elusive "dark" phenomenon, new ...