Binary neutron star mergers occur millions of light-years away from Earth. Interpreting the gravitational waves they produce ...

Scientists have discovered a new way to probe the interiors of neutron stars by using gravitational waves to turn them into "cosmic tuning forks." The reverberations of such ripples in spacetime ...

It now takes just a fraction of a minute to detect neutron star mergers, thanks to advancements in a machine-learning-driven ...

A breakthrough simulation reveals how magnetars form and evolve, solving a key mystery about their magnetic origins.

As the neutron stars spiraled in, they produced gravitational waves. LIGO and VIRGO first detected the waves on Aug. 17. Two seconds later, the Fermi space telescope measured a burst of high ...

While the star was alive, nuclear fusion created a constant outward push that balanced the inward pull of gravity from the star's own mass. In the stellar remnants of a supernova, however ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Gravitational waves from neutron star collisions can provide insights into their interiors. The "long ringdown" phase, a pure-tone signal emitted post-merger ...

These waves were first detected in 2017, but the most valuable signals happen just after the moment of impact. As the newly ...