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Neutron star
When a metal-rich, massive supergiant star collapses, it forms a neutron star. These stars are the smallest and densest of all known stellar objects and have a radius in the order of six miles and a mass about 1.4 times that of the Sun.
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JAN 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
Fast radio bursts, also known as FRBs, are seemingly coming from everywhere in space these days, and astronomers are ver ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2016Space & Astronomy
Because it’s costly and difficult to always have the amount of computational power scientists need to run data che ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are in awe after observing a stellar flare-up with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ESA’ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
It isn’t very often that we get the opportunity to study systems from other galaxies, considering they’re so ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
Throughout the last five years, China has been working on a new radio telescope called the Five-hundred-meter Aperture S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are now very interested in what could be one of the slowest pulsars ever discovered, reportedly spinning tho ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
A very interesting binary star system subbed AR Scorpii some 380 light years away from our planet contains both a red dw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) are some of the brightest and most powerful, but also some of the most misunderstood quandaries o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 04, 2016Space & Astronomy
For the life of them, scientists have not been able to agree on where heavy elements like gold, silver, and platinum com ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
Space is so amazingly vast that it’s just about impossible to study everything in a short period of time. That&rsq ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have announced finding what they believe is the first known White Dwarf Pulsar. Using the Southern African L ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
The word pulsar is short for pulsating radio star, and it’s a phenomenon that occurs in space when a neutron star ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
In yesterday’s Part I of this article I explained how there are potentially huge numbers of planets drifting throu ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
Supernova. Pulsar. Black hole. All of these are celestial events that astronomers study, hoping to find clues about how ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 06, 2015Space & Astronomy
Neil Gehrels is constantly monitoring the skies for potentially deadly gamma ray bursts. What are gamma ray bursts? "The ...Written By: Andrew J. Dunlop
JAN 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Fast radio bursts, also known as FRBs, are seemingly coming from everywhere in space these days, and astronomers are ver
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 22, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Because it’s costly and difficult to always have the amount of computational power scientists need to run data che
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are in awe after observing a stellar flare-up with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ESA’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It isn’t very often that we get the opportunity to study systems from other galaxies, considering they’re so
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Throughout the last five years, China has been working on a new radio telescope called the Five-hundred-meter Aperture S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are now very interested in what could be one of the slowest pulsars ever discovered, reportedly spinning tho
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A very interesting binary star system subbed AR Scorpii some 380 light years away from our planet contains both a red dw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) are some of the brightest and most powerful, but also some of the most misunderstood quandaries o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
For the life of them, scientists have not been able to agree on where heavy elements like gold, silver, and platinum com
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Space is so amazingly vast that it’s just about impossible to study everything in a short period of time. That&rsq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have announced finding what they believe is the first known White Dwarf Pulsar. Using the Southern African L
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The word pulsar is short for pulsating radio star, and it’s a phenomenon that occurs in space when a neutron star
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In yesterday’s Part I of this article I explained how there are potentially huge numbers of planets drifting throu
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUL 03, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Supernova. Pulsar. Black hole. All of these are celestial events that astronomers study, hoping to find clues about how
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 06, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Neil Gehrels is constantly monitoring the skies for potentially deadly gamma ray bursts. What are gamma ray bursts? "The
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop