A very strange binary star system keeps flashing Earth with X-ray flares. Scientists now understand why.

Using the X-ray spacecraft XRISM, astronomers have observed stellar winds from a hypermassive star feeding a neutron star.

During its 41.5-day orbit, GX 301-2 wades through this stellar wind, with its strong gravity capturing some of the gas left ...

Using data from the Japan–led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed ...

In the strange world of one-dimensional quantum magnets, the elementary carriers of magnetism refuse to behave like ordinary particles. In most three-dimensional magnets, a disturbance of the magnetic ...

For the first time in history, scientists have managed to observe in detail the movement of matter falling onto the surface ...

Despite various policies and measures to promote science, technology and innovation, basic research in nuclear science continues to face constraints in human resources, facilities, funding and ...

The theoretical prediction, experimental discovery, and validation of the electron spin 100 years ago have provided the scientific foundation toward a fundamental understanding of magnetism. The ...

There are a surprising number of experiments an amateur nuclear physicist can perform, from making a Geiger counter to fusing hydrogen atoms in a fusor. One project which we haven’t seen before is a ...

Humanity is headed back to the Moon - and eventually to Mars. A Lockheed Martin instrument - roughly the size of a desktop printer - will help future missions locate and characterize near-surface ...

NASA's Ames Research Center, in collaboration with the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, has designed the Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS), an instrument that can hunt down traces of water ...

As humanity gears up for its historic return to the Moon, the Canadian Space Agency is investing $5.5 million in homegrown technology to tackle one of deep space’s most invisible and lethal threats: ...