When she saw her colleague's message on her screen, a single exclamation point, Maria Drout knew their team had struck cosmic gold. It was Aug. 17 and the group of astronomers was one of at least half ...

When the remnants of two stars collide, their union can launch a dazzling jet of high energy matter. A new computer simulation reveals how the merger, which forms a black hole, emits that bright beam, ...

Learn why dying stars are so fascinating, in our live-stream of the latest Perimeter Public Lecture today at 7 pm ET When a star dims, that’s hardly the end of its life—at least for scientists here on ...

On behalf of the IOP/RSC Neutron Scattering Group, the RSC Colloid and Interface Science Group and the SCI Colloid and Surface Chemistry Group, we invite you to participate in a set of two short ...