As if searching for dark matter isn't difficult enough already, physicists may have detected another hurdle known as a ...

(Courtesy: University of Amsterdam) Hypothetical particles called axions could form dense clouds around neutron stars – and if they do, they will give off signals that radio telescopes can detect, say ...

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Astronomers have witnessed the titanic collision between two neutron stars that resulted in the birth of the smallest black hole ever seen and forged precious metals like gold, silver, and uranium.

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Axions are the most compelling hypothesis for explaining dark matter, but physicists haven ... form potentially observable clouds around neutron stars due to their incredibly strange magnetic ...

"If axion clouds, and thereby axions, are discovered, this would be a massive step toward solving the dark matter problem," Noordhuis told Space.com. "The question is: Why are neutron stars the ...

The temperature of elementary particles has been observed in the radioactive glow following the collision of two neutron stars and the birth of a black hole. This has, for the first time ...

Illustration of a neutron star. Credit: ESA. In the depths of the universe, far beyond our grasp, lie some of nature’s most baffling secrets. One of these mysteries — dark matter — may have ...