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

A new study has found that such heavy metals may have formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar.

which used 20-year-old archival telescope data from NASA and European Space Agency telescopes to investigate how heavy elements such as iron and gold were created and distributed throughout the ...

For the elements up to iron, the forging can happen inside of stars. But forging heavier elements like gold requires so much energy that ordinary stars collapse before they can create them ...

Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest with fortunes estimated by Forbes at $30.1 billion and $14.8 billion respectively have added gold to their better-known interest in mining iron ore. Going for gold ...

Inside the iron box was a horde of gold objects: sixteen snuff boxes, 10 bracelets, a wire bag, a comb, a chain and a powder compact. Meanwhile, the can harbored 598 gold coins, which were ...

Then, exploding stars released heavier elements like iron, which became incorporated in newborn stars and planets. But the distribution of gold, which is heavier than iron, throughout the universe ...