The VLT recently captured an image of an object known as Ve 7–27, which was long thought to be a planetary nebula. However, ...

Before two dead stars slam together in one of the universe’s most violent events, their magnetic fields erupt in a storm so intense it can light up space long before the crash. Using a powerful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist's concepts shows a hypothesized event known as a superkilonova. A massive star explodes in a supernova (left), which ...

New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the ...

Neutron stars escape collapse into a black hole thanks to degeneracy pressure produced by their neutrons, which is able to fight the crushing force of gravity. What exactly lies at the heart of a ...

A research team has investigated long-term X-ray variability in the neutron star NGC 7793 P13, an object thought to be driven by supercritical accretion, where an extraordinary amount of gas falls ...

New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the ...

If you approached a neutron star, you would be instantly crushed by gravity and fried by X-rays, while your very atoms would be torn apart by magnetic fields and gravity – making you a splattered ...

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