What happens when two neutron stars collide? This video explores the fascinating phenomena associated with neutron star collisions, including the formation of heavy elements and the resulting ...

Physicists at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, have used supercomputer simulations to predict a specific gravitational-wave fingerprint that would confirm quark-gluon plasma forms inside the ...

Astrophysicists measured the light for exploding stars called supernovae to arrive at the most precise limits yet for the universe’s composition – Copyright AFP ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist’s impression of a neutron star merger. (CREDIT: Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital, Inc.) Some of the universe’s heaviest ...

Multi-messenger astronomy of neutron star mergers unites gravitational-wave detections, electromagnetic observations across the spectrum and potential neutrino and cosmic-ray signals to probe the ...

Imagine stars so exotic that when they merge they produce gold, and as well emit signals so precise that they may one day be the basis of an interstellar navigation system. Such neutron stars are real ...

Some of the universe's heaviest elements are born in chaos, in matter flung outward when neutron stars collide or massive stars explode. But one stubborn problem has limited how well scientists can ...