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

Buried beneath the ocean for 10 million years, a mysterious discovery is now shedding light on a cosmic explosion that once ...

For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light ...

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

Scientists discovered deep-sea traces of ancient plutonium, evidence of a 10-million-year-old cosmic explosion. This finding could reveal Earth’s history with violent kilonovas.

After finding the debris of two colliding stars swimming in the ocean, researchers are after more evidence from the lunar ...

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A research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems has developed an AI-based method that can use gravitational waves to determine much more quickly and precisely where in the ...

Why is real-time computation important? Neutron star mergers emit visible light (in the subsequent kilonova explosion) and other electromagnetic radiation in addition to gravitational waves, as shown ...

Neutron star mergers emit visible light (in the subsequent kilonova explosion) and other electromagnetic radiation in addition to gravitational waves. “Rapid and accurate analysis of the gravitational ...

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has long been considered a potential home for life in our solar system. In 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft first discovered towering plumes of water vapor erupting from ...

Erica Pensini, an associate professor at the University of Guelph, made a shocking discovery while mixing three natural ingredients. The result was a slime-like substance that can generate electricity ...