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

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

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

That’s where magnetars come in. These ultra-magnetic neutron stars can unleash giant flares that throw material from their ...

At the time of the Big Bang, the universe contained only the lightest elements: hydrogen, helium, and a dash of lithium.

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

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 ...

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

In our daily lives, the sun seems constant and quiet, sedately shining at a steady pace. A fundamental rule in physics is ...

While the flare's origin was quickly identified, a second, smaller signal from the star, peaking 10 minutes later, confounded scientists at the time. For 20 years, that signal went unexplained.