New discovery may offer clues to missing pulsars
Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are evolved neutron stars with short spin periods that have gone through a long period of mass transfer in a low-mass...
How to harvest resources on Mars with plasmas
Scientists came up with a plasma-based way to produce and separate oxygen within the Martian environment.
It's a complementary approach to NASA's Mars Oxygen In-Situ...
This rocket will image supernova remnant
A Northwestern University astrophysics team is aiming for the stars — well, a dead star, that is.
On Aug. 21, the NASA-funded team will launch...
New shortcut for quantum simulations could unlock new doors for technology
From water boiling into steam to ice cubes melting in a glass, we’ve all seen the phenomenon known as a phase transition in our...
Do ‘bouncing universes’ have a beginning?
Some cosmological models propose that the universe expands and contracts in infinite cycles, but new study finds a crucial flaw in the latest version...
This black widow star ate its mate to set a new record
A dense, collapsed star has shredded and consumed nearly the entire mass of its stellar companion.
In the process, it’s grown into the heaviest neutron...
No trace of dark matter halos, shows new study
Dwarf galaxies are small, faint galaxies that can usually be found in galaxy clusters or near larger galaxies.
Because of this, they might be affected...
Scientists capture explosive neutron star merger for the first time in millimeter light
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have for the first time recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion caused by the merger...
Scientists discover the heaviest neutron star to date
A dense, collapsed star spinning 707 times per second — making it one of the fastest spinning neutron stars in the Milky Way galaxy...
Astronomers find origins of mysterious gamma-ray bursts
Several mysterious gamma-ray bursts appear as lonely flashes of intense energy far from any obvious galactic home, raising questions about their true origins and...