As binary neutron stars spiral around each other to merge, their gravitational tidal forces distort each other's shape and ...

Physicists at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, have used supercomputer simulations to predict a specific ...

A research team is using astrophysical explosions to understand the mysterious forces at work in some of the smallest ...

Some of the universe’s densest objects can twist, stretch, and resonate in ways that challenge even the most seasoned ...

Scientists may soon see inside neutron stars, potentially revealing a state of matter, quark-gluon plasma, last seen immediately after the Big Bang.

The final dance of a black hole and a neutron star before their ultimate merger has been revealed, according to new research.

A neutron star and black hole were detected merging along an unusual oval orbit, challenging long-held theories about how ...

A new theoretical framework shows that tidal forces in inspiraling neutron star pairs can be described through oscillation ...

Neutron stars harbor some of the most extreme environments in the universe: their densities soar to several times those of atomic nuclei, and they possess some of the strongest gravitational fields of ...

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, ...

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used Frontier to chart the isospin density of a neutron star over a range of conditions. This illustration depicts isospin-dense ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...