Using the world's most advanced radio telescopes, astronomers have discovered a spinning dead star so rare, strange and ...

Observations of a pulsar, consisting of a dead star spinning 600 times a second, and feasting on a stellar companion reveal ...

The fastest rotating star yet found has been spotted by an international team of astronomers. The massive and bright young star is located about 160,000 light-years away from Earth in the ...

Astronomers have found the fastest spinning star ever discovered. The hot blue giant rotates at a dizzying 1 million mph (1.6 million km/h), or 100 times faster than our Sun.

The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope has picked up the fastest rotating star found so far. This massive bright young star lies in our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic ...

Powerful Spinning Star May be Fastest Stellar Runaway By Space.com Published August 14, 2012 6:24am EDT | Updated January 13, 2015 1:55pm EST ...

Fastest-rotating massive star ever recorded Date: December 5, 2011 Source: University of California - Santa Barbara Summary: An international team of scientists has found the fastest-rotating ...

ESO’s Very Large Telescope has picked up the fastest rotating star found so far. This massive bright young star lies in our neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 160 000 light ...

A sizzling-hot star is spinning around at near break-up velocity, according to a new study. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever discovered is a shrinking cosmic vampire feasting on a stellar companion. A feeding process is pushing the dead star toward an imminent supernova explosion.

While a 0.0002% departure from perfect sphericity is pretty good, the slowest-rotating neutron star, known as 1E 1613, has them all beat. If it's about 20 kilometers in diameter, ...

At itsequator, the star is spinning at 1 million mph (470 kilometers persecond)--near its break-up velocity--and speedy enough to supply the neededangular momentum to the disk.