By using light to emulate the structure of space-time, researchers can better understand black holes – and the exotic objects ...

A groundbreaking simulation reveals how neutron star mergers forge black holes, generate gamma-ray bursts, and scatter gold ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar.

Black holes are one of our universe’s greatest mysteries, with no one really understanding what happens once an object passes ...

Image: Elias Most/Caltech In a follow-up simulation, the team modeled what happens as the black hole swallows the neutron star, and it’s even more intense than those gigantic tremors.

The simulation, led by Caltech astrophysicist Elias Most, reveals how intense gravitational forces from the black hole begin to tear apart the neutron star’s surface as the two objects spiral ...

Black hole simulation (IMAGE) Morgridge Institute for Research Caption Artist impression of a neural network that connects the observations (left) to the models (right).