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

Astronomers now have a much better understanding of the cosmic conditions that create gold, platinum, and other heavy ...

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

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

Scientists at the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics found a single giant flare from a ...