In this video I show you what happens when you try to get close to 1 drop of a neutron star. I tell you how a neutron star is made and then also talk about different types of stars and show you a ...

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When a black hole collides with a neutron star, the cataclysmic crash sends ripples through spacetime, and sometimes ignites a blaze of light called a kilonova. Kilonovae are rare, but they are key to ...

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After years of fading, the neutron star P13 suddenly flared back to life, becoming more than 100 times brighter in X-rays. The dramatic comeback hints at major changes in how matter crashes onto the ...

Astronomers tracked a decade of dramatic changes in P13, a neutron star undergoing supercritical accretion. Its X-ray luminosity rose and fell by factors of hundreds while its rotation rate ...

Rocket Lab completes final qualification tests on its revolutionary “Hungry Hippo” captured fairing for the Neutron rocket. The innovation boosts reusability, cuts costs, and moves the rocket closer ...

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Neutron stars are ultra-dense star remnants made up primarily of nucleons (i.e., protons and neutrons). Over the course of millions of years, these stars progressively cool down, radiating heat into ...

How do birds of prey fly? They have special adaptations that allow them to take off quickly, fly fast and soar for hours. What would it take for us to fly like that? Science Trek is available to ...