SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged neutron stars Wait. *How* big are neutron stars again? Bottom line: Neutron star sizes are hard to figure out. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago Black widow pulsar is eating its companion in an hour-long dance The name is creepy, but certainly apt. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space It only gets weirder from there. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago A black hole may be munching on the dying body of a star An undersized red giant may have a dark companion. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago X-rays glow from blast waves as colliding neutron stars create a kilonova I love every word in that headline. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago There’s gold in them thar colliding neutron stars Grab your pickaxe and space ship! By Cassidy Ward | 7 months ago *Thirty-five* new black hole and neutron star mergers found, bringing total known to 90 Gravitational wave astronomy is coming into its own By Phil Plait | 7 months ago A single object ripped out over 1,600 Fast Radio Bursts in just a few days and no one knows why By Phil Plait | 8 months ago A magnetar is outbursting again right on schedule By Phil Plait | 11 months ago The tallest mountain on a neutron star may be a fraction of a millimeter tall By Phil Plait | 11 months ago Load More
Wait. *How* big are neutron stars again? Bottom line: Neutron star sizes are hard to figure out. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago
Black widow pulsar is eating its companion in an hour-long dance The name is creepy, but certainly apt. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago
A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space It only gets weirder from there. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago
A black hole may be munching on the dying body of a star An undersized red giant may have a dark companion. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago
X-rays glow from blast waves as colliding neutron stars create a kilonova I love every word in that headline. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
There’s gold in them thar colliding neutron stars Grab your pickaxe and space ship! By Cassidy Ward | 7 months ago
*Thirty-five* new black hole and neutron star mergers found, bringing total known to 90 Gravitational wave astronomy is coming into its own By Phil Plait | 7 months ago
A single object ripped out over 1,600 Fast Radio Bursts in just a few days and no one knows why By Phil Plait | 8 months ago
The tallest mountain on a neutron star may be a fraction of a millimeter tall By Phil Plait | 11 months ago