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The LIGO/VIRGO/KAGRA collaboration searches the universe for gravitational waves produced by the mergers of black holes and neutron stars. It has now announced the detection of a signal indicating a ...

A team of scientists found a compact object 40,000 light-years from Earth that is either a very massive neutron star or an itsy-bitsy black hole, but they’re not sure which. The so-called mass gap ...

As part of the Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astro2020), the Panel on Compact Objects and Energetic Phenomena will identify and articulate the scientific themes that will define the ...

The evolution of stars and their interactions with compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, remain pivotal in our understanding of the cosmos. Stellar evolution describes the life ...

The far future of the universe may be less remote than older calculations suggested. If Hawking-like radiation is not limited ...

Researchers who used a telescope in South Africa report discovery of an object in the Milky Way that could either be the most massive neutron star ever observed, or the least massive black hole.