Astronomers investigating mysterious flashes of X-rays believe that these blasts could hide collisions between neutron stars, ...

Astronomers suggest that a 10-minute X-ray burst may result from neutron star collisions, potentially creating elements like ...

Astronomers have found strong evidence that some mysterious, minutes-long X-ray flashes are produced when two neutron stars ...

US research team suggests a mysterious high-energy glow in the Milky Way may be remnants of colliding neutron stars, ...

The most luminous kilonova candidate to date (short gamma-ray burst 200522A) was detected using the Hubble Space Telescope, ...

Second only to black holes, neutron stars – incredibly dense star remnants – are the densest objects in the universe. When neutron stars collide, they create ripples in the fabric of space and time in ...

On July 4, 2025, astronomers watched a cosmic explosion do something it was not supposed to do. The event began with a ...

Learn more about magnetars and how they may also form from two colliding neutron stars.

LIGO may have just detected gravitational waves from the collision of two Neutron Stars. Last year LIGO announced the detection of gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes. The science ...

Second only to black holes, neutron stars—incredibly dense star remnants—are the densest objects in the universe. When neutron stars collide, they create ripples in the fabric of space and time that ...

Astronomers have recorded an extraordinary X-ray flash known as EP250704a, stemming from the collision of two neutron stars that occurred over 6 billion years ago. Observed on July 4, 2025, this ...