When the most massive stars reach the ends of their lives, they blow up in spectacular supernova explosions, which seed the ...

Columbia Professor Brian Metzger helped other astronomers interpret their observations of the unexpected stellar event.

Collision of Two Neutron Stars Billions of Years Ago Made Enough Gold and Uranium To Fill Earth's Oceans, Says Study Billions of years ago, deep down in the cosmos, two neutron stars began their ...

Primordial nucleosynthesis during the early universe generated hydrogen, helium, and minor lithium-7 before the cosmos cooled, halting further fusion. Stellar interiors synthesize elements up to iron ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A rupture in the crust of a highly magnetized neutron star, shown here in an artist’s rendering, ...

"Most of the external layers of a massive star are removed during the supernova, but some material falls back, making the neutron star spin faster." When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Neutron stars are formed when giant stars run out of fuel. Their internal pressure is no longer sufficient to fight gravity, and the resulting collapse and supernova explosion leaves a tiny core, with ...

Artist’s impression of the powerful winds blowing from the bright X-ray source GX13+1. The X-rays are coming from a disc of hot matter, known as an accretion disc, that is gradually spiralling down to ...

Even if early Earth had water and oxygen, the planet would still have needed another ingredient for life to flourish: heavy metals. Our cellphones, Earth’s core and even human metabolism would ...

A rapidly spinning neutron star orbits a smaller, helium-rich star very closely. This unique pair formed when a larger star exploded, leaving behind the neutron star which then interacted with its ...