A star’s colossal flare has revealed an unexpected origin for some of the universe’s heaviest elements, including gold and ...

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Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 ...

Using cutting-edge theoretical models and data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have transformed ...

Scientists have finally gathered direct proof of how the universe forges its heaviest elements, a process that has remained a ...

In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Vasudevan Mukunth discusses a process called r-process nucleosynthesis in a ...

Astronomers believe starquakes on highly magnetic neutron stars could lead to the creation of heavy elements such as gold, ...

Magnetar flares produce gold, platinum, and other heavy elements in our galaxy, says new research on a strange cosmic flash ...