One of the brightest explosions in our galaxy may have produced more heavy elements than expected. The gamma-ray burst from a ...

In an ejection that would have caused its rotation to slow, a magnetar is depicted losing material into space in this ...

A powerful cosmic event from 2004—a gamma-ray burst from a magnetar 30,000 light-years away—has just been revealed as a major ...

Giant flares blasted out of supermagnetized stars called "magnetars" could forge planets' worth of gold and other heavy ...

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

Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown birthplace of some of the universe's rarest elements: a giant flare ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has embarked on an innovative project to develop a small nuclear battery that converts ...

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has momentarily transformed lead into gold, the long-sought-after goal of medieval ...

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