An international team of scientists has provided the clearest evidence yet that some fast radio bursts (FRBs)—enigmatic, ...

The surface features of neutron stars are largely unknown. Nuclear theorists explored mountain building mechanisms active on ...

Jan. 3, 2025 — Scientists recently discovered that the giant 'conveyer belt' currents that push star-forged material out of our galaxy and pull it back in can also transport carbon atoms.

The fleeting cosmic firework likely originated within the turbulent magnetosphere surrounding a distant neutron star. Fast ...

NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray ...

A mysterious radio blast from space detected in 2022 originated in the magnetic field of an ultra-dense neutron star 200 ...

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are notoriously difficult to study. They are flashes of radio light that can outshine a galaxy but ...

Innew research, we have for the first time tracked a fast radio burst back to its source: a common kind of lightweight star called a red dwarf.

Astronomers finally discovered the origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs)–mysterious and powerful bursts from outer space first ...

Fast radio bursts originate near neutron stars, revealing their magnetically chaotic environments and scintillation patterns.

A mystery " alien " signal from outer space has been tracked down to its source. First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts, ...