You might owe that gold necklace around your neck to a moody, long-dead star from the universe’s ancient past. According to a ...

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

A brilliant flash from deep space once baffled scientists. But now, that mystery has been solved—and it reshapes what we know ...

Physicists propose that high-energy photon jets from collapsing stars may be secret factories of heavy elements like ...

Astronomers believe starquakes on highly magnetic neutron stars could lead to the creation of heavy elements such as gold, ...

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

That’s where magnetars come in. These ultra-magnetic neutron stars can unleash giant flares that throw material from their ...

The careening star blasted through the galactic filament, known as "the Snake," at a zippy 1–2 million miles per hour.