Rocket Lab has pushed the first launch of its medium-lift Neutron rocket to 2026, founder and CEO Peter Beck said during the ...

Rocket Lab 一直致力于在今年年底前实现首次发射。今年 2 月，在一家金融公司发布报告称 Neutron 的首次亮相可能会推迟到 2027 年年中之后，该公司为其 2025 年的目标进行了辩护。到 8 月，首席执行官 Peter Beck 表示，该公司正在“极其努力”地争取今年发射 Neutron，但需要一个“绿灯时间表”，即没有挫折的时间表，才能实现这一目标。

Neutron stars are incredibly dense, city-sized remnants of massive stars. They form after a supernova when gravity overcomes electron degeneracy pressure. Some neutron stars, called pulsars, emit ...

Rocket Lab has delayed the first launch of its reusable Neutron rocket to 2026, saying it wants to maximize the chances that ...

Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts. Neutron stars' surface gravities are so intense that the largest "mountains" are only a few ...

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Hungry Hippo won't move to the launchpad until next year Aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider Rocket Lab has ...

Astronomers witnessed for the first time ever a rare collision of two dense neutron stars. The discovery began with an instrument called LIGO, which won this year’s Nobel Prize for its discovery of ...

In this video, we explore the existence of neutrons and their transformation into protons. We discuss why free neutrons are ...

When a massive star dies in a supernova, the explosion is only the beginning of the end. Most of the stellar matter is thrown far and wide, but the star’s iron-filled heart remains behind. This core ...

Sirius A and B, a normal (Sun-like) star and a white dwarf star in a binary system. Many such systems like this are known to exist, and the accretion of matter from the star onto the white dwarf is ...