Understanding the origin of heavy elements on the periodic table is one of the most challenging open problems in all of ...

In this environment, Mumpower’s team suggest that energetic photons in a jet collide with protons to create a neutron and a ...

Particle-accelerator study focuses on the r-process thought to be responsible for forming elements heavier than iron ...

Hubble’s 35‑year celebration brings a vibrant reimagining of the Sombrero Galaxy, revealing hidden dust lanes and far‑flung ...

One of those scenarios is the catastrophic merger of two neutron stars. "I've been studying the origin of the heavy elements for 20 years," Mumpower said. "It keeps me hooked because there are so ...

Collision of Two Neutron Stars Billions of Years Ago Made Enough ... uranium, and other heavy elements to match the mass of all of Earth’s oceans combined. These precious elements, which are ...

Photoluminescent materials are more than just the glow-in-the-dark stars your parents glued to ... "By incorporating heavy elements such as iodide and bromine into the dyes, it creates a heavy ...

Barstow (University of Leicester) Red giants are hot enough to turn the helium at their core, which was made by fusing hydrogen, into heavy elements like carbon. But most stars are not massive ...

Photoluminescent materials are more than just the glow-in-the-dark stars your parents glued to ... clusters by utilizing the heavy atom effect--an approach which had not been fully explored ...