When a star dies in a supernova, one possible outcome is for the remains to become a neutron star. Inside a neutron star, the ...

Recent advancements at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have enabled physicists to explore the internal ...

The undisclosed client has booked two Neutron missions for 2026, with a potential for further future launches.

Protons and neutrons–known collectively as nucleons–are both the building blocks of matter, but one of these particles has ...

The new Central Neutron Detector at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has successfully detected neutrons in ...

There are strange "zebra" patterns coming from the Crab Nebula, and the reason has to do with plasma refraction.

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

A theoretical astrophysicist from the University of Kansas may have finally solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery ...

The nature of dark matter has puzzled astronomers since discovering that 85% of the universe's matter is invisible through ...

While SpaceX has revolutionized space launches, vastly decreasing their cost and increasing their reliability, the company ...

Scientists think it's possible that shrouds of hypothetical particles called "axions" could surround extreme, dead stars called "neutron stars." If true, this could bring us one step closer to ...

Neutron stars can have a resounding impact around the universe. Scientists recently announced the first detection of gravitational waves created by two neutron stars smashing into each other.