For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light ...

Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), a member of the Russell 2000 Index, has emerged as a key player in the small satellite launch market, ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

A surprising new study from Dartmouth and the University of Exeter researchers shows that when the supermassive black holes at the center of most large galaxies—including the Milky Way—consume ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study provides new ...

When massive stars explode as supernovae, they can leave behind neutron stars. Other than black holes, these are the densest ...

New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...

A research team led by McGill identifies neutron stars as the likely source of fast radio bursts, one of the universe's most ...

Physicists at the University of Surrey measured nuclear reactions that can happen in neutron star collisions, giving direct ...

Although black hole radiation can be catastrophic in some cases, it may assist life once oxygen has accumulated in the planet ...