The most luminous kilonova candidate to date (short gamma-ray burst 200522A) was detected using the Hubble Space Telescope, ...

The rise of a new generation of radiotherapies means we will soon need much greater quantities of radioactive atoms. That's ...

An international research team of the A1 Collaboration at the Mainz Microtron (MAMI) of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ...

A breakthrough experiment has shed new light on one of astrophysics’ biggest mysteries: the origin of rare proton-rich elements. For the first time, scientists directly measured a key reaction that ...

The universe looks like it is mostly empty space. Remove the stars, planets, dust, and gas, and what remains is nothing at ...

Scientists recreate a previously unseen cosmic reaction and reveal how rare elements are formed in stellar explosions ...

Ultrafast lasers tracked plasma formation and ionization in copper with picosecond precision. Results show rapid ion growth ...

Luminous fast blue optical transients (LFBOTs) are among the universe's brightest and fastest explosions but their origin is not completely understood. A new study takes a closer look at the galaxies ...

A comprehensive guide to uranium, explaining its extraction, enrichment process, nuclear chain reactions, and its role in global geopolitics.

Scientists have reported a major experimental advance in understanding how some of the rarest elements in the universe are formed. These unusual ...

An international research team has found evidence of the existence of an exotic atomic nucleus state in an experiment at the GSI/FAIR research center in Darmstadt. Although such a state has long been ...