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New York University scientists say that forces within neutron stars can slice through the star itself and send out intense gamma-ray bursts.

From Quarks to Quasars

Grim Blades of Energy Could Chop Stars in Half, Scientists Say

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists believe an immense explosion of epic proportions may have been the result of a black hole and a star colliding.

Staggering Galactic Explosion Blamed on Black Hole Collision

By Victor Tangermann

A "black widow" pulsar is devouring its neighboring star, and in the process has become the densest neutron star ever recorded.

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Pulsar Devours Neighbor, Becomes Heaviest Neutron Star Ever Observed

By Frank Landymore

An accidentally-poignant study suggests that some planets may emit a scream-like blast of cosmic radio waves and they crumble out of existence.

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Planets Scream as They’re Ripped Apart, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers are puzzled by a mysterious celestial object that is releasing massive bursts of energy at astonishingly regular 18 minute intervals.

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Scientists Puzzled by “Spooky” Object Sending Radio Signals Every 18 Minutes From Deep Space

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists quickly set their sights on an unusual neutron star merger that had an explosion ten times more powerful than expected and created a magnetar.

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Scientists Are Pretty Sure They Just Saw Two Stars Crash Into Each Other

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have presented new evidence that a magnetar within the Milky Way was the source of a strange fast radio burst recorded in April.

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Astronomers Pinpoint Source of Mysterious Radio Burst Signal

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers have found new evidence suggesting there's a neutron star lurking in the center of the supernova 1987A that's only 33 years old.

Astronomers May Have Found a Star That’s Just 33 Years Old

By Victor Tangermann

A bizarre celestial object too big to be a neutron star but too small for a black hole could undo the rules astrophysicsts use to understand the universe.

Scientists Are Baffled By a Bizarre Black Hole-Like Object

By Dan Robitzski

A team of experts discovered an unusual celestial object that's 2.6 solar masses, too big to be a neutron star, too small to be a black hole.

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Astronomers May Have Discovered First-Ever “Black Neutron Star”

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, astronomers were able to watch the entire, weeks-long process of a neutron star absorbing matter and creating a powerful x-ray blast.

Astronomers Watch Neutron Star “Charge Up” Before Huge X-ray Blast

By Dan Robitzski

For the second time, LIGO researchers detected gravitational waves given off by a merging pair of neutron stars, but the collision challenges their models.

Science & Energy

Scientists Detect Epic Neutron Star Collision

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, NASA built a complete map of the surface of a neutron star, giving astronomers a new resource as they try to understand the cosmos.

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Stare Into the Brutal Maw of This Barbarous Neutron Star

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers from West Virginia University claim they've discovered the most massive neutron star to date.

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Astronomers Just Spotted the Most Massive Neutron Star Ever

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists observed a neutron star "glitching" and rapidly accelerating. A look under the hood could finally explain why it happens.

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A Neutron Star “Glitched” — and Scientists Noticed Something Amazing

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just awarded SpaceX with a launch services contract to launch NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission in 2021.

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SpaceX Scores NASA Contract to Launch Black Hole Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann