Where specialized algorithms fail to classify star-borne pulses, human volunteers with just a little training can step in.

Some ancient texts record what were likely dying stars, faintly visible from Earth. If close enough, these events can disturb telescopes and even damage the ozone layer.

It’s too heavy to be a neutron star and too light to be a black hole. So what is it?

Upgrades to the hardware and software of the advanced observatory should allow astrophysicists to detect much fainter gravitational waves than before.

Gamma-ray bursts occur when a massive star explodes or when two neutron stars merge. A newly discovered burst has puzzled astronomers, as it lasted much longer than astronomers would have expected.

A neutron star has consumed a huge part of its nearby companion and grown to become the heaviest ever found, astronomers report.

The aftermath of a black hole colliding with a neutron star has been recorded on Earth.

MIT postdoc finds the angle at which we view neutron star collisions could significantly impact age measurements.

Research could enable a new suite of experiments to measure quantum activity at room temperature.

"We can't throw neutron stars together in a lab to see what happens, so we have to wait until the universe does it for us..."