SYFY WIRE neutron stars “Vampire” Pulsar Spitting Cosmic Cannonballs Across Space Not even stars are safe from the undead. By Cassidy Ward 3 weeks ago Mysterious radio signal follows gravitational waves like cosmic thunder and lightning You're going to need a bigger umbrella. By Cassidy Ward 6 months ago Highly magnetic dead stars might have solid surfaces, but you sure wouldn't want to walk on 'em It would rip you apart before you ever got close. By Cassidy Ward 10 months ago Wait. *How* big are neutron stars again? Bottom line: Neutron star sizes are hard to figure out. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Black widow pulsar is eating its companion in an hour-long dance The name is creepy, but certainly apt. By Phil Plait 1 year ago A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space It only gets weirder from there. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 1 year ago X-rays glow from blast waves as colliding neutron stars create a kilonova I love every word in that headline. By Phil Plait 1 year ago There’s gold in them thar colliding neutron stars Grab your pickaxe and space ship! By Cassidy Ward 1 year 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 1 year ago Load More
“Vampire” Pulsar Spitting Cosmic Cannonballs Across Space Not even stars are safe from the undead. By Cassidy Ward 3 weeks ago
Mysterious radio signal follows gravitational waves like cosmic thunder and lightning You're going to need a bigger umbrella. By Cassidy Ward 6 months ago
Highly magnetic dead stars might have solid surfaces, but you sure wouldn't want to walk on 'em It would rip you apart before you ever got close. By Cassidy Ward 10 months ago
Wait. *How* big are neutron stars again? Bottom line: Neutron star sizes are hard to figure out. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Black widow pulsar is eating its companion in an hour-long dance The name is creepy, but certainly apt. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space It only gets weirder from there. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 1 year ago
X-rays glow from blast waves as colliding neutron stars create a kilonova I love every word in that headline. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
There’s gold in them thar colliding neutron stars Grab your pickaxe and space ship! By Cassidy Ward 1 year 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 1 year ago
