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

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 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 ...

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

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