For the first time, researchers have used lattice quantum chromodynamics to study the interior of neutron stars, obtaining a ...

For years , NASA has been trying to study the interior physics of neutron stars - including mass and radius – through an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station. The telescope ...

An international team of astrophysicists from China and Australia has for the first time determined how massive neutron stars are when they are born. "Understanding the birth masses of neutron ...

Like the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope mounted outside of the space station, LEXI observes X-ray sources. LEXI and NICER observed the same X-ray star to calibrate ...

Nanomaterials used to measure nuclear reaction on radioactive nuclei produced in neutron star collisions Date: March 18, 2025 Source: University of Surrey Summary: Physicists have measured a ...