Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts.

A study gives clues to cosmic origin of gold and heavy elements, and they were created earlier than we thought.

"The creation of heavy elements such as uranium and plutonium necessitates extreme conditions," said physicist Matthew ...

Scientists have long believed that gold and other heavy elements were created solely through neutron star collisions. However, recent reanalysis of ol ...

When astronomers observed a neutron star collision in 2017 through telescopes, they found the event could create heavy elements such as gold, platinum and lead. However, these collisions ...

Dr. Eleonora Troja, an associate professor at the University of Rome who led the discovery of X-rays emitted by the neutron star collision in 2017, said the evidence for heavy element creation ...

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

NASA's Chandra Observatory recently captured an X-ray image that helped identify a dramatic break in one of the galaxy's ...

Have you ever had an X-ray taken of your bones? Well, so has the Milky Way. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory regularly images ...

Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts. Neutron stars' surface gravities are so intense that the largest "mountains" are only a ...