For the first time in history, researchers observed a dying star stripped nearly to its bare core before it exploded. This newly discovered supernova, designated SN 2021yfj, offers an unprecedented ...

Neutron stars are formed when giant stars run out of fuel. Their internal pressure is no longer sufficient to fight gravity, and the resulting collapse and supernova explosion leaves a tiny core, with ...

If you approached a neutron star, you would be instantly crushed by gravity and fried by X-rays, while your very atoms would be torn apart by magnetic fields and gravity – making you a splattered ...