In an ejection that would have caused its rotation to slow, a magnetar is depicted losing material into space in this ...

Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...

In the quest to generate limitless clean energy, China has just taken a step closer. Scientists have achieved the milestone ...

Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown process by which some of the universe’s rarest and most valuable elements, ...

China’s State Council at a meeting presided over by Premier Li Qiang, approved construction of 10 new units at ...

For decades, astronomers were certain that half of the ordinary matter in the universe — protons and neutrons, the building ...

Giant flares blasted out of supermagnetized stars called "magnetars" could forge planets' worth of gold and other heavy ...

Astronomers confirmed in 2017 that neutron star mergers can create gold, platinum, and other heavy elements, based on ...