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. ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

You might owe that gold necklace around your neck to a moody, long-dead star from the universe’s ancient past. According to a ...

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

Astronomers have employed the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the Neutron Star Interior Composition ...