The gold you wear today may have landed on Earth billions of years ago... but that is far from the beginning of the metal’s ...

But the distribution of gold, which is heavier than iron, throughout the universe has posed a mystery to astrophysicists. ...

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

For centuries, gold’s celestial origins remained one of astronomy’s greatest mysteries. Now, a ground-breaking study has ...

It’s a pretty fundamental question in terms of the origin of complex matter in the universe,” Anirudh Patel said in a NASA ...

A new study has found that such heavy metals may have formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar.

Now, researchers in the US and South Korea have used a neutron beam to differentiate between genuine antique coins and fakes.

Evidence from old NASA and ESA data suggests magnetar flares may have created heavy elements in the early universe.

Dead stars may have started churning out vast amounts of gold much earlier in the universe than previously thought, a new ...

Researchers discover new process for gold production in universe, challenging previous beliefs about element origins and ...