Scientists have finally gathered direct proof of how the universe forges its heaviest elements, a process that has remained a mystery for over half a century. A team from the Flatiron Institute in New ...

Scientists have discovered that mysterious blasts of energy called fast radio bursts (FRBs) may be created when asteroids slam into ultradense extreme dead stars called neutron stars. Such a collision ...

You might owe that gold necklace around your neck to a moody, long-dead star from the universe’s ancient past. According to a new study, magnetars—a rare type of neutron star—may have forged some of ...

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - New data involving millions of galaxies and luminous galactic cores is providing fresh evidence that the enigmatic and invisible cosmic force called dark energy - ...

Pt. I, Stars, planets, and life : -- The size and scale of the universe -- From the day and night sky to planetary orbits -- Newton's Laws -- How stars radiate energy (I) -- How stars radiate energy ...

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Wednesday, Jan. 8 and 15, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app —Discover how scientists are revealing new clues to the strangest and most extreme objects in the universe— They are ...

When black holes emerge out of hiding to feast on their prey and some type of matter is sucked into their celestial maw, they begin to glow brightly. The events, dubbed “extreme nuclear transients,” ...

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 ...

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, ...

An asteroid hitting a neutron star could release enough energy to power humanity for 100 million years, more than enough to explain fast radio bursts! When you purchase through links on our site, we ...