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

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

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 ...

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

A brilliant flash from deep space once baffled scientists. But now, that mystery has been solved—and it reshapes what we know ...

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

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

Geologists have found that an ancient meteorite hit Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought, which has massive implications for the geological history of the region and some of the U.

"It's pretty incredible to think that some of the heavy elements all around us, like the precious metals in our phones and ...

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

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements ...