Recent press releases:
Isolated neutron star identified in 2000 year old supernova remnant, just outside our Galaxy (paper published in Nature Astronomy; Vogt et al.)
https://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/fresh-puzzle-astronomers-who-discover-new-object-within-dead-star
Merging neutron stars produce gravitational waves and make heavy elements! (paper published in Nature; Smartt et al.):
https://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/when-stars-collide-kilonova
Faint thermonuclear supernovae could be the source of most of our Galaxy’s antimatter (paper published in Nature Astronomy; Crocker et al.):