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"NICER tracked how three bright, X-ray-emitting hot spots slowly wandered across the object's surface while also decreasing in size, providing the best look yet at this phenomenon."

Neutron stars form when a medium-sized star reaches the end of its life and explodes as a supernova, leaving an incredibly dense core behind.

Astronomer Carl Sagan once famously said "we are all made of star-stuff" but until now the origins of heavier elements have remained a mystery.

Astronomers have made a discovery that could be significant. On June 3, astronomers received a brief x-ray burst that happened close to the galactic plane. The

A new discovery could soon be raising the total number of confirmed magnetars to 25.

A recent measurement of spinning neutron stars show that their core is made of stiff nuclear matter and that neutrons didnt break apart under the harsh conditions. This observation has substantial consequences for our understanding of how stars explode and die.

 E-Mail The Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology II (CRESST II), a partnership between NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center and four universities--led by researchers at the University of Maryland, College Parks (UMD) Department of Astronomy--has received an extension of its cooperative agreement through March 2027 and been funded in the amount of $178 million. The extension will enable the center to continue current collaborations and expand on the partnerships succes...

What’s Inside Neutron Stars? Posted on Size measurements of two neutron stars are narrowing down what kinds of exotic matter might exist in their extremely dense cores. Neutron stars are the tricksters of the celestial sphere. Their age, their temperature, even their size is not always what it first appears to be. But with the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) aboard the International Space Station, astronomers are finally beginning to make some headway measuring these star...

The telescope, mounted on the Space Station, is designed to sense X-ray light that neutron stars produce. Author: John Hickey Updated: 8:08 PM EDT May 4, 2021 For nearly 100 years scientists have been trying to figure out how matter behaves at incredibly high density.   Recently a research team with NASA was able to unlock a part of this mystery by measuring the size of a neutron star. "What makes them special is they are the densest objects that we know of in t...

Compiling Messages from Neutron Stars May 3, 2021• Physics 14, 66 The combination of gravitational-wave and x-ray observations of neutron stars provides new insight into the structure of these stars, as well as new confirmation of Einstein’s theory of gravity. I-Love- Q” relations), researchers have been able to test Einstein’s theory of general relativity under strong gravity conditions.Multimessenger astronomy for neutron stars can consist of x-ray observations of hot spots (l...