"We studied the last several orbits before the merger, when the entwined magnetic fields undergo rapid and dramatic changes, ...

Two neutron stars slammed together and the universe basically screamed. The collision shook space-time itself — producing ...

New simulations of neutron star mergers reveal that the mixing and changing of tiny particles called neutrinos impacts how the merger unfolds, including the composition and structure of the merger ...

More than 4,000 astronomers on Monday revealed the first-ever detection of two neutron stars colliding in space. Such objects are the skeletons of massive stars that have cataclysmically exploded, ...

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

Rochester Institute of Technology researchers played a significant role in an international announcement today that has changed the future of astrophysics. The breakthrough discovery of colliding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist's concepts shows a hypothesized event known as a superkilonova. A massive star explodes in a supernova (left), which ...

Two neutron stars violently collide—potentially the sourse of all heavy elements in the universe, including gold. Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital, Inc. On June 3, 3.9 billion light-years away, two ...

But it takes the collision of two neutron stars — incredibly dense stellar corpses — to create the heavier elements like silver, gold, and platinum. Neutron stars aren’t just notable for the valuable ...