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 ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence about the stars whose formation ended the cosmic “Dark Ages” a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. In a presentation today ...
New simulations of neutron star mergers reveal that the mixing and changing of tiny particles called neutrinos impacts how the merger unfolds, including the composition and structure of the merger ...