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

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

Astronomers have discovered a second long-sought production site of gold, uranium and other heavy elements — and answered a decades-long mystery in the process. The new work shows that such elements ...

Giant flares from magnetars, highly magnetized neutron stars, can forge heavy elements such as gold and platinum through the r-process, accounting for up to 10% of these elements in the Milky Way.