SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviews All Posts Tagged neutron stars 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 | 4 months ago Wait. *How* big are neutron stars again? Bottom line: Neutron star sizes are hard to figure out. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago Black widow pulsar is eating its companion in an hour-long dance The name is creepy, but certainly apt. By Phil Plait | 10 months ago A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space It only gets weirder from there. By Phil Plait | 10 months 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 | 11 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 | 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 A single object ripped out over 1,600 Fast Radio Bursts in just a few days and no one knows why By Phil Plait | 1 year ago A magnetar is outbursting again right on schedule By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Load More
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 | 4 months ago
Wait. *How* big are neutron stars again? Bottom line: Neutron star sizes are hard to figure out. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago
Black widow pulsar is eating its companion in an hour-long dance The name is creepy, but certainly apt. By Phil Plait | 10 months ago
A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space It only gets weirder from there. By Phil Plait | 10 months 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 | 11 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 | 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
A single object ripped out over 1,600 Fast Radio Bursts in just a few days and no one knows why By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
