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

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

One of the more interesting ideas comes from a team of astronomers in Europe and invokes dark matter, neutron stars, and primordial black holes (PBHs). Astronomer Roberto Caiozzo, of the ...

Neutron stars are born in the explosion and collapse of stars eight to 25 times the mass of the sun at the end of their life ...

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

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

Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's most powerful explosions, generating more energy in seconds than the sun will in billions ...

Decades can sometimes pass in the blink of an eye, or about 20 seconds. NASA has released two dramatic time-lapses of two of ...

Astronomers still don’t know what causes fast radio bursts, but they’re starting to use them to illuminate the space between ...

Discovering new black holes is no easy feat — where do you even begin to look? New data and techniques help us get closer ...

A new imaging technique, which captured frozen lithium atoms transforming into quantum waves, could be used to probe some of ...