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

Scientists have puzzled over the origin of elements heavier than iron since the 1950s. Recently, LSU astrophysicist Eric ...

For the first time, astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes ...

This new paper pushes the boundaries of actinide chemistry even further. The superatom structure is based around a trithorium ...

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.