As binary neutron stars spiral around each other to merge, their gravitational tidal forces distort each other's shape and ...

Physicists at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, have used supercomputer simulations to predict a specific ...

Some of the universe’s densest objects can twist, stretch, and resonate in ways that challenge even the most seasoned ...

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A newly analyzed gravitational-wave event has revealed something unexpected about one of the Universe’s most violent encounters. Scientists have found the first strong evidence that a black hole and a ...

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of ...

Neutron stars harbor some of the most extreme environments in the universe: their densities soar to several times those of atomic nuclei, and they possess some of the strongest gravitational fields of ...

A neutron star and black hole were detected merging along an unusual oval orbit, challenging long-held theories about how these systems form.

A strange 'garden sprinkler-like' jet coming from a neutron star has been pictured for the first time. The S-shaped structure is created as the jet changes direction due to the wobbling of the disc of ...

False color plot showing the density of the mass in the equatorial (bottom) and meridional, or “southern” (top) planes of a neutron star merger remnant about 100 milliseconds after the merger. In the ...