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

Spontaneously means that the process of radioactive decay can not be speeded up or ... alpha\). 4. A new element is formed as the nucleus now has less protons and neutrons. The atomic number ...

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements ...

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, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.

For the first time since the 1986 disaster, some lands around Chornobyl have been recognized as safe for agriculture. A new ...

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

Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown birthplace of some of the universe's rarest elements: a giant flare ...

In a paper published in Physical Review C, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has embarked on an innovative project to develop a small nuclear battery that converts ...

In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Vasudevan Mukunth discusses a process called r-process nucleosynthesis in a ...