See the fascinating creation of a tangible representation of the elements in this unique model of the periodic table.

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 ...

Flares from a supermagnetized star may have generated as much as 10 percent of our galaxy’s heavy elements.

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

Dead stars may have started churning out vast amounts of gold much earlier in the universe than previously thought, a new ...

Astronomers confirmed in 2017 that neutron star mergers can create gold, platinum, and other heavy elements, based on ...

The universe began with mostly hydrogen, helium, and tiny amounts of lithium. Heavier elements came later, forged in stars ...

This artist's concept depicts a magnetar - a type of neutron star with a strong magnetic field - losing material into space. Shown as thin green ...