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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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