Ever since neutron stars were discovered, researchers have been using their unusual properties to probe our universe. The superdense remnants of stellar explosions, neutron stars pack a mass greater ...

Astrophysicists are turning the universe’s dying stars into laboratories for one of physics’ most elusive ideas, the axion.

An international group of researchers performed pendellösung interferometry on silicon using a neutron beam, providing both the highest precision measurements with this technique to date, and a ...

"The cosmos is our only laboratory to investigate the most energetic processes." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new space ...

The telescope will hunt for bursts of X-rays from mysterious and fascinating cosmic objects like neutron stars and black holes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Nuclear physicists explore different nuclei to learn how protons and neutrons behave. For instance, they have found that nuclei made of just a few protons and neutrons typically contain close to an ...

China launched its Einstein Probe on Tuesday (Jan. 9), kicking off its mission to observe the X-ray sky. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) spacecraft will hunt for high-energy light from some of ...