Neutron stars are very small and dense stars, where roughly half a million earth masses of material are squeezed into a city-sized volume with a radius of 10 km.

By measuring these oscillations, scientists can infer details about neutron star structure and test χEFT predictions at high densities. Starquakes and the Mystery of Nuclear Symmetry One of the ...

In 2015, astrophysicists discovered a system consisting of two compact stars orbiting each other: a pulsar (i.e., a highly ...

By interacting with nucleons, these particles could alter the structure of neutron stars, which could in turn impact their cooling. Building on this idea, researchers at the University of Alicante ...

The neutron plays a fundamental role in the universe and its discovery was at the heart of developments in nuclear physics in the first half of the 20th Century. Prof Val Gibson tells Melvyn Bragg ...

Detecting the gravitational waves emitted by neutron stars and black holes helps astronomers understand the structure of neutron stars, the origin of some of the heavy elements, better tests the ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study provides new ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. (Nanowerk News) ...