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

A cosmic "bone" at the heart of the Milky Way appears to be fractured. Looking at the break, astronomers found a radio source.

A study gives clues to cosmic origin of gold and heavy elements, and they were created earlier than we thought.

Scientists have long believed that gold and other heavy elements were created solely through neutron star collisions. However ...

Magnetar flares can create gold, platinum, and uranium in seconds, reshaping cosmic element formation theories.

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

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

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 ...

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

Based on accepted cosmological models, hydrogen and helium were the only elements in the earl. These coalesced to form the ...

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