They witnessed the collision of two incredibly dense neutron stars and found a scientific Holy Grail in the process. It provides further proof that Albert Einstein was a genius, relatively speaking.

Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts.

Calçada/M. Kornmesser In October, LIGO and its European counterpart, VIRGO, witnessed gravitational waves rippling out from a breathtaking collision between two neutron stars. This unprecedented ...

Researchers used advanced computers and real observations to see the 3D shape of light emanating from a merger between ultradense stellar bodies. Scientists have used advanced computer modeling to ...

Sure, regular stars can create the basic elements: helium, carbon, neon, oxygen, silicon, and iron. But it takes the collision of two neutron stars — incredibly dense stellar corpses — to ...

A new study, set to be published in The Astrophysical Journal but available as a preprint on arXiv, describes the brightest kilonova yet and suggests a neutron star collision might sometimes give ...

First detected in 2015, gravitational waves may not have had a direct hand in human evolution, but it certainly helped set ...

Neutron stars get their name because they are thought ... According to the researchers, neutrinos are created during the collision as neutrons in the stars smash into each other and are blasted ...

Theorists have wondered if a collision between two neutron stars could spark a singular FRB, before the wreckage from the collision produces a black hole. Such a smashup should emit gravitational ...

Scientists have used advanced computer modeling to determine the shape of a kilonova, an emission of light that follows the collision and merger of two neutron stars. Extraordinarily, the team ...