This is the Crab Pulsar, and within its radio pulses is a strange signal that has puzzled astronomers for years. Called the ...

A glowing nebula located approximately 2,700 light-years from Earth resembles a guitar with a bright pulsar at the tip of the ...

What if a tablespoonful of a neutron star was brought to Earth? Caroline Adams Before we can know what happens when our spoonful comes to Earth, let's think about what's in our spoon: a superdense ...

The nature of dark matter has puzzled astronomers since discovering that 85% of the universe's matter is invisible through ...

An astrophysicist has cracked the mystery behind strange "zebra" stripes in radio signals from the Crab Nebula. This ...

In a recently published study, scientists discovered that the 4U 1820-30 neutron star spins exceptionally quickly. For ...

There are strange "zebra" patterns coming from the Crab Nebula, and the reason has to do with plasma refraction.

New research reports the most powerful cosmic rays ever detected. Because the rays lose energy as they travel through space, ...

New images of the massive structure is helping astronomers identify the tune being played by the celestial guitar.

A long-standing enigma surrounding the Crab Pulsar, a neutron star at the center of the Crab Nebula, may have been unraveled.