We don't really know, but probably some truly bizarre physics. Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts. Neutron stars are the ...

Rocket Lab is a space company that has mostly used its small rocket, called Electron, to launch tiny satellites into low ...

UMass Lowell Research Reactor offers Digital Neutron Radiography as a quality assurance and R&D tool for non-destructive inspection of mechanical parts, electronics, and assemblies, including voids; ...

In the researcher's scenario, high-energy photons interact with atomic nuclei, transforming protons into neutrons. At the same time, atomic nuclei are dissolved into their component parts ...

Now, researchers led by Los Alamos National Laboratory have proposed a bold new idea: that stars collapsing into black holes ...

Neutron star mergers are collisions between neutron stars, the collapsed cores of what were once massive supergiant stars. These mergers are known to generate gravitational waves, energy-carrying ...

Neutron Airy beams could help neutron-imaging facilities see better, Huber says. They would help increase the resolution of a scan or create different focal spots to look more closely at particular ...

They would help increase the resolution of a scan or create different focal spots to look more closely at particular parts of objects, improving commonly used imaging techniques such as neutron ...