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A team of physicists from the universities of Amsterdam, Princeton and Oxford have shown that extremely light particles known as axions may occur in large clouds around neutron stars. These axions ...

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Physicists have shown that extremely light particles known as axions may occur in large clouds around neutron stars. These axions could form an explanation for the elusive dark matter that ...

A strange "chirping" signal from a distant, dying star has revealed the birth of a magnetar — one of the most magnetic ...

Most stars in our universe come in pairs. While our own sun is a loner, many stars like our sun orbit similar stars, while a host of other exotic pairings between stars and cosmic orbs pepper the ...

When the roiling nuclear fusion inside of a star begins to die — gravity crushing into the star’s waning fuel-store of hydrogen atoms, fusing them into heavier helium nuclei — the universe usually ...

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 ...

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Scientists have determined the possible effects of a neutron star collision happening near Earth, finding that these so-called kilonovas could be real killers that would doom humanity. But don't worry ...

A nearby star system, teetering on the edge of a spectacular explosion, promises a rare cosmic show that’ll be visible to the naked eye. The brightest gamma-ray burst of all time came from a supernova ...