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.

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 ...

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 ...

For the first time, two neutron stars in a nearby galaxy have been observed engaging in a spiral death dance around one another until they collided. What resulted from that collision is being ...

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 ...

Luckily, we can tell the difference between the two possible outcomes of a neutron star collision observationally. If we manage to spot a pair of neutron stars colliding and they collapse into a ...

In 2017, astronomers observed for the first time gravitational waves, ripples in the very fabric of spacetime, and light that was sent radiating outwards from a collision between neutron stars.

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 ...

What unimaginable gravitational forces would be unleashed if a black neutron star entered our solar system? ‘We will find you’: Massachusetts attorney and US citizen told to self-deport by DHS ...

What if black holes weren’t the only things slowly vanishing from existence? Scientists have now shown that all dense cosmic ...

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 ...