These tiny unstable atoms are changing how neutron stars explode

Scientists reveal how two unstable nuclei trigger neutron star explosions and power intense X-ray bursts across the universe.
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What dying stars reveal about axions as dark matter contenders

Astrophysicists are turning the universe’s dying stars into laboratories for one of physics’ most elusive ideas, the axion. By tracking how stellar corpses cool, flare and radiate, they are testing ...
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So-called “zombie stars” could become a dark-matter detector

Astrophysicists are starting to treat a strange class of “undead” suns as potential tools rather than mere curiosities, ...