but also a one-time burst of light at the end of a neutron star's life, when it stops producing its electromagnetic radiation ...

A study reveals the cause behind the Crab Nebula’s zebra radiation pattern: plasma diffraction in the pulsar's magnetosphere.

An astrophysicist has cracked the mystery behind strange "zebra" stripes in radio signals from the Crab Nebula. This ...

Astrophysicists observing the collision of two neutron stars have detected the smallest black hole ever observed.

Eventually, every stellar civilization will have to migrate to a different star. The habitable zone around all stars changes ...

The collision and merger of the neutron stars results in a powerful ... "It is like admiring three cosmic background radiation surrounding us from all sides, but here, we get to see everything ...

Neutron stars can have a resounding impact ... but those bodies that are still spinning rapidly may emit radiation that from Earth appears to blink on and off as the star spins, like the beam ...

Neutron activation analysis is a method for the qualitative and quantitative determination of elements based on the measurement of characteristic radiation from radionuclides formed by irradiating ...

Alpha particles can be considered to be helium-4 atoms without electrons. They are positively charged, as they have two protons and two neutrons. Compared with other radiation particles, alpha types ...