The Milky Way has a missing pulsar problem in its core. Astronomers have tried to explain this for years. One of the more ...

"The capture and annihilation of dark matter in neutron stars would provide a source of heating that stops the star from ...

Flaring stars, black hole outbursts and gamma-rays are just some of the cosmic exotica that Einstein Probe will hunt for.

The nuclear force that holds quarks together is explained by a theory called quantum chromodynamics. It predicts that at ...

Swift is a multiwavelength space telescope that scientists are using to find out more about these mysterious gamma-ray ...

Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stellar remnants called neutron stars that ...

These emissions typically come from regions in space where gravity is pulling in matter, leading to the formation of ...

A new study will improve the detection of gravitational waves—ripples in space and time. Scientists at the University of ...

Astronomers just caught a dead star in a distant galaxy throwing a massive temper tantrum.

The research aims to send alerts to astronomers and astrophysicists within 30 seconds after the detection, helping to improve the understanding of neutron stars and black holes and how heavy elements, ...

Gamma rays are a broad category of high-energy photons, including everything with more energy than an X-ray. While they are ...