Scientists now understand that the universe forges its heaviest elements, including californium, through extreme cosmic events like neutron...

Astronomers found a rare object named CHIME J1634+44. It is a Long Period Radio Transient. This object spins faster, unlike others. It send...

NASA is closely monitoring SGR 0501+4516, a rare and exceptionally powerful magnetar with a magnetic field trillions of times stronger than...

Researchers from IIT Guwahati and ISRO have discovered surprisingly low polarization in X-rays emitted by the Galactic Ultraluminous Pulsar...

Astronomers posit that certain FRBs may be attributed to a specific type of neutron star known as a magnetar.

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bengaluru have discovered a rare carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) star that suggests...

Astronomers are stunned by the newly-discovered neutron star due to its ultra-slow spinning speed while it can emit seven different types o...

Gravitational waves are produced when celestial objects collide and the ensuing energy creates ripples in the fabric of space-time which ca...

London, Jan 11 (IANS) Astronomers have found that repeated mysterious fast radio bursts -- that are being flashed from more than 3 billion ...

Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) The first observations of a merger between two faraway neutron stars, a violent celestial event that generated ti...

The detection of gravitational waves has produced a burst of activity around the world have increased investment in gravitational astronomy.

Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) In yet another interstellar feat, scientists at the LIGO detectors and the world over detected the first "ripples...

Washington, June 2 (IANS) NASA is set to launch the world's first mission devoted to studying rapidly spinning neutron stars, the densest o...

Washington, May 20 (IANS) SpaceX will launch its Dragon spacecraft for its 11th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Stat...

London, Feb 1 (IANS) Observing a curious neutron star in a binary system known as the 'Rapid Burster', scientists have found that its magne...

Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) A study by Indian researchers suggests that a population of neutron stars can generate gravitational waves continuous...

The neutron star at the very centre of the Crab Nebula has about the same mass as the Sun but compressed into an incredibly dense sphere th...