Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

John Sutton described his client as an “innocent collector” and “science nerd”, claiming Lidden “did not import or possess ...

Emmanuel Lidden from Australia took it as a real challenge: he wanted to collect all the elements of the periodic table. But ...

The explosion released elements heavier than iron—like gold and platinum—through a process known as rapid neutron capture ...

Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...

Since the first nuclear explosion in history during the Trinity test in 1945, nuclear weapons have significantly shaped the ...

Prosecuting lawyers are pushing for a “science nerd” to receive a custodial sentence for importing plutonium and uranium -- ...

On this day in 1940, the element plutonium was first isolated by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Here’s a quiz on it.

The transplutonium actinides are highly radioactive and rare, making them difficult to study. To examine their chemical ...