Reactors designed to produce energy from the fusion of atoms could have an unexpected scientific side benefit.

A research team at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is the first ever to observe a beta-delayed neutron emission ...

A double blast of dying stars may be the first observed case of a long-hypothesized, never proven “superkilonova.” Although ...

Describing matter under extreme conditions, such as those found inside neutron stars, remains an unsolved problem. The ...

A research team led by Caltech may have just discovered the first-ever superkilonova, a cosmic phenomenon in which a star ...

A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

Astronomers have discovered a carbon-rich exoplanet with a bizarre atmosphere and shape, orbiting a neutron star under extreme conditions that challenge current models of planetary formation. Scientis ...

Discover the fascinating phenomenon of superkilonova, a rare cosmic explosion resulting from neutron star collisions, producing heavy elements.

In a strange turn of events, a supernova birthed twin baby neutron stars that merged to make a powerful kilonova.

You would weigh billions of tons” wasn’t an exaggeration, it was basic physics. Neutron stars compressed more mass than the ...

A distant neutron star has abruptly erupted in brightness, surging to roughly one hundred times its usual output and leaving astronomers scrambling to explain what could drive such a violent change.

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Lab in 2022 briefly achieved for the first time a net energy gain from a fusion ...