The kilonova briefly mimicked the conditions immediately following the Big Bang, and allowed scientists to confirm the source ...

Beyond the simplistic models of protons and neutrons clustered together like gumballs in a dispenser, the nucleus of a ...

The team's calculations were made using a mathematical framework Bulgac began developing in the early 2000s based on Walter Kohn and Pierre Hohenberg's density functional theory, a quantum mechanical ...

Astronomers have discovered a "dead star" neutron star is spinning at an incredible 716 times a second, making it the joint fastest-spinning cosmic body ever seen. Not only this, but the neutron ...

The “lead” of a pencil is actually made of a substance called graphite which is made of carbon atoms. The picture shows a close-up of one carbon atom. A hydrogen atom has one proton as the nucleus and ...

The atom is a complex system of particles. It's made up of a central nucleus consisting of protons and neutrons, called nucleons, with electrons orbiting around the nucleus. Nobel prize-winning ...

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.

a quantum mechanical modeling method for investigating superfluid nuclei and quantized vortices in neutron star crust and cold atom systems. Rather than having to calculate the precise position of ...

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 ...

a quantum mechanical modeling method for investigating superfluid nuclei and quantized vortices in neutron star crust and cold atom systems. Rather than having to calculate the precise position of ...

Nuclear fission has powered our world and medical advancements for decades. What exactly happens when an atom's nucleus splits into two parts?