Becoming a Gold Star Mother is a profound and bittersweet distinction that no mother deserves or wants, yet many carry the distinction with a sense of pride and honor. It signifies that a mother ...

a giant flare unleashed by a supermagnetized star. The astronomers calculated that such flares could be responsible for forging up to 10% of our galaxy's gold, platinum and other heavy elements.

For decades, astronomers only had theories about where some of the heaviest elements in nature, like gold, uranium and platinum ... of highly magnetized neutron stars, called magnetars.

The true origins of the Earth’s heaviest elements like gold have eluded astrophysicists for decades. The prevailing scientific view is that neutron star collisions created gold and other heavy ...

A rupture in the crust of a highly magnetized neutron star, shown here in an artist ... giant flares could produce a planet's worth of gold, platinum, and uranium. "It's pretty incredible ...