New approach could aid “multi-messenger” astronomy by quickly locating sources of gravitational waves emitted during these ...

A high-energy photonic jet (white and blue) blasts through a collapsar with a black hole at its center. The red space around ...

Collision of Two Neutron Stars Billions of Years Ago Made Enough Gold and Uranium To Fill Earth's Oceans, Says Study Billions ...

Do we inhabit a cosmic wasteland teeming with remnants of massive stellar explosions? Recent research proposes that approximately 10 million years ago, Earth and its Moon were bombarded by debris from ...

"We live in a supernova graveyard," he stated, alluding to the remnants of supernova explosions that have managed to settle into Earth’s ocean depths. It's a captivating notion that these cosmic ...

Deep-sea samples reveal traces of past cosmic explosions, prompting researchers to seek further proof in lunar soil.

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 million years ago. Kilonovas occur when binary neutron stars spiral closer and ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study provides new ...

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