For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

"I was astonished by the unexpected results because they opened a new view on the first phases of galaxy evolution." ...

Finding oxygen is a big deal. Only hydrogen and helium (with a sprinkle of lithium) formed in the Big Bang. All the other ...

Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...

These results suggest that similar reactions between helium and iron may have occurred within Earth’s core shortly after its formation, trapping much of the primordial helium-3 in the material that ...

Scientists have uncovered surprising evidence that helium, a gas long thought to be chemically inert, may actually bond with ...

But the core is mostly iron, and helium and iron typically don't mix. Now, in a new study, researchers at the lab of Kei Hirose, a planetary scientist at the University of Tokyo, and their colleagues ...

and helium and iron typically don't mix. Now, in a new study, researchers at the lab of Kei Hirose, a planetary scientist at the University of Tokyo, and their colleagues have found that at the ...