Neutron stars can have a resounding impact around the universe. Scientists recently announced the first detection of gravitational waves created by two neutron stars smashing into each other.

Neutron star "mountains" would be much more massive than any on Earth—so massive that gravity just from these mountains could produce small oscillations, or ripples, in the fabric of space and time.

By observing when neutron stars merge in space ... Unlike most stars, the inner remnant has a higher temperature on its surface than in its core, so convective plumes are not expected to form ...

This discovery is important because it helps scientists understand the extreme physics of neutron stars and the behaviour of ...

Neutron star mergers are collisions between neutron stars, the collapsed cores of what were once massive supergiant stars.