Kilonova: artist’s impression of merging neutron stars. (Courtesy: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick) The first spectroscopic evidence that heavy elements are created by the merger of two neutron ...

Two years ago astronomers for the first time observed the collision of two neutron stars, which created gravitational waves and light and created heavy elements such as gold, platinum and lead. These ...

Two neutron stars smashed together and shook the universe, triggering an epic explosion called a "kilonova" that spit lots of ultradense, ultrahot material into space. Now, astronomers have reported ...

Scientists have mapped the distribution of different forms of the chemical element strontium in Africa, and showed how it can be used to trace artifacts and remains of plants, animals, and humans back ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - One of the questions that comes up every year after the Western & Southern/WEBN Fireworks is: how do they do that? When each element burns, it creates a different color, which is ...

After testing some of the first gladiator remains found, forensics anthropologist Fabian Kanz discovers that some bones contained unusually high levels of strontium. Gladiators may have been consuming ...