JWST has detected the earliest galaxies in the universe, but some look “more mature” than expected. Is it time to rethink how ...

This week, uncover a stash of gold with murky origins, witness a cosmic joust, see why ancient fish are to thank for our ...

If you’ve been paying attention at all, you probably know the US men’s national team steered straight out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and directly into the doldrums.

CEO Mike Novogratz praised the Trump administration's approach to crypto policy, contrasting it sharply with the ...

A spectacular new study suggests that colossal bursts from dead stars, known as magnetar flares, could be behind some of the ...

If you asked medieval alchemists if they thought their dreams would be realized not by magic, but by giant particle-smashing ...

Alfredo (he/him) has a PhD in Astrophysics on galaxy evolution and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces.

An artistic rendering of a magnetar—or highly magnetized neutron star—losing material into ... gold and platinum. But these alone can’t account for all the heavy elements present in our ...

Evidence from old NASA and ESA data suggests magnetar flares may have created heavy elements in the early universe.

A new study has found that such heavy metals may have formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar.

Magnetar flares may be producing one-tenth of the gold, platinum, and other heavy elements in our galaxy, according to new research on ... enormous flares could eject magnetar crust material into ...