Scientists from several institutions, including the University of Chicago, discovered a lemon-shaped planet with an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Neutron stars that crash together in space forge valuable metals like silver, gold, and platinum. Some heavy periodic elements may be created almost exclusively by such cosmic crashes. Europium, one ...

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 ...

Rocket Lab is a launch service provider and spaceflight company founded in 2006 and based in Long Beach, California. The company operates out of 4 launch pads at 3 launch sites, including 1 in New ...

Avio will build solid rocket motors in Virginia. The governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, announced Wednesday that Avio USA ...

In my view, in the earnings call and results presentation, Rocket Lab shared two updates about Neutron development (both of them positive) that are critical for investors to note. First, Rocket Lab ...

Astronomers have measured what they believe is the most massive neutron star ever seen, and it's "almost too massive to exist." Neutron stars are what remains when a star goes supernova and dies, ...

Rocket Lab's new rocket is a gigantic leap in capability. Give SpaceX credit. Its project to develop an entirely reusable "Starship" rocket to transport satellites to orbit, astronauts to the moon, ...

Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts. Neutron stars are the leftover cores of exploded stars and the densest known material in the ...