New simulations of neutron star mergers reveal that the mixing and changing of tiny particles called neutrinos impacts how ...

In September 2015, humanity heard the sound of the universe for the first time: gravitational waves predicted by Albert ...

See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a ...

Ripples in spacetime now give astronomy a second sense. The network listens to collisions, maps a low-frequency background ...

The most luminous kilonova candidate to date (short gamma-ray burst 200522A) was detected using the Hubble Space Telescope, Swift Observatory and other telescopes. A kilonova is a "the afterglow ...

When the remnants of two stars collide, their union can launch a dazzling jet of high energy matter. A new computer simulation reveals how the merger, which forms a black hole, emits that bright beam, ...

Gravitational-wave astronomy, one of the newest and most exciting fields in science, may soon take a major step forward ...

Astronomers have witnessed the titanic collision between two neutron stars that resulted in the birth of the smallest black hole ever seen and forged precious metals like gold, silver, and uranium.

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Scientists have developed the longest and most complex simulation to date ...

When two neutron stars collide, they unleash some of the most powerful forces in the universe, creating ripples in spacetime, showers of radiation, and even the building blocks of gold and platinum.

Neutron star collisions are known to be factories in which heavy elements are produced. The fusion that takes place inside stellar cores can only produce elements up to iron; the r-process, or ...

The collision and merger of two neutron stars—the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars—are some of the most energetic events in the universe, producing a variety of signals that can be ...