We all know how weird black holes are, but did you know there is another type of star that is just as strange? Welcome to the universe of neutron stars.

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

Scientists believe this long stream of gas may have formed when several galaxies collided millions of years ago.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When a star up to 20 times the mass of our sun exploded in a nearby galaxy, the blast was so violent that it was visible to the naked eye from Earth's southern hemisphere for ...

Neutron stars are some of the most extreme objects in the universe. Formed from the collapsed cores of supergiant stars, they weigh more than our Sun and yet are compressed into a sphere the size of a ...

Atoms are made of three things: protons, neutrons, and electrons. Electrons are a type of fundamental particle, but protons and neutrons are composite particles made of up and down quarks. Protons ...

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stellar remnants called neutron stars that possess immensely strong magnetic fields.

An artist's impression of one of the cool neutron stars. Image credit: ICE-CSIC/D. Futselaar/Marino et al. | Credit: ICE-CSIC - D. Futselaar - Marino et al. Scientists have found that three neutron ...