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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.

Star Map

NASA managed to map a neutron star's surface for the first time.

Stare Into the Brutal Maw of This Barbarous Neutron Star

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

Star Power

A piece of this neutron star the size of a sugar cube would weigh 100 million tons — about the mass of the entire human population.

Astronomers Just Spotted the Most Massive Neutron Star Ever

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

Time To Reboot

A bizarre stellar glitch could provide the first glimpse at a neutron star's interior.

A Neutron Star "Glitched" — and Scientists Noticed Something Amazing

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

Polarimetry Explorer

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer could give us unprecedented views of black holes and neutron stars.

SpaceX Scores NASA Contract to Launch Black Hole Spacecraft

For the first time ever, researchers have discovered radio jets launching from a neutron star with a strong magnetic field.

"For the first time ever, we have observed a jet coming from a neutron star with a very strong magnetic field."

Astronomers Discover a New Source of Spectacular Radio Jets

You would definitely want to keep your distance.

Magnetars: Meet Some of the Most Powerful Stars in the Known Universe

Here's What it Looks Like When Two Black Holes Collide

It was found by culling through old data from the XMM-Newton X-ray telescope.  

Pulsar Finally Found in the Andromeda Galaxy

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