Just one of these giant flares could produce a planet's worth of gold, platinum, and uranium. "It's pretty incredible to think that some of the heavy elements all around us, ...

Gold and platinum Artist’s impression of a magnetar flare driven by twisted magnetic field lines (green) and a starquake. (Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Powerful flares on highly-magnetic neutron stars ...

An astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the ...

Astronomers believe starquakes on highly magnetic neutron stars could lead to the creation of heavy elements such as gold, according to a new study. CNN values your feedback 1.

In the case of the 2004 flare from the magnetar SGR 1806–20, a team led by J. Cehula modeled what happened during the explosion. Their simulations showed that the blast sent a shockwave deep ...

Flares from magnetized stars can forge planets’ worth of gold, other heavy elements Flatiron Institute researchers calculate that a single flare from a supermagnetized star called a magnetar can ...

Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown birthplace of some of the universe’s rarest elements: a giant flare unleashed by a supermagnetized star. The astronomers calculated that such flares ...