Heavy Elements

Heavy metals are generally defined as metals with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers.

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Magnetar Flares May Be Responsible for Creation and Distribution of Gold and Other Heavy Elements

Study reveals new source of the heavy elements - EurekAlert!

New Research Traces Heavy Elements to Collapsing Stars

Flares from magnetized stars can forge planets’ worth of gold, other heavy elements - EurekAlert!

Stars Dissolve into Neutrons to Form Heavy Elements, Study Suggests

Beyond the Periodic Table’s Edge: Scientists Unravel New Chemistry for Heavy Elements

Heavy ligands unravel new chemistry for heavy elements - EurekAlert

Neutron Stars Collide, Forging Heavy Elements in a Cosmic Inferno

Novel features of r-process nucleosynthesis shed light on origin of heavy elements - EurekAlert

AI-Powered Astrophysics: Unveiling the Cosmic Origins of Heavy Elements

AI for astrophysics: Algorithms help chart the origins of heavy elements

Astronomers discover heavy elements after bright gamma-ray burst from neutron star merger

Ancient stars made extraordinarily heavy elements

JWST Confirms the Formation of Heavy Elements in a Kilonova

Neutron Star Merger Observed Creating Tellurium and Other Heavy Elements

Astro Alchemy: Neutron Star Mergers and the Birth of Heavy Elements

How Metabolism, Heavy Elements and Quantum Entanglement Really Work

JWST has spotted a weird, distant galaxy with almost no heavy elements

The Aftermath of Neutron Star Collisions – Where Heavy Elements Are Made

Researchers show the synthesis of heavy elements is typical for certain black holes with accretion disks. The predicted abundance of the formed elements provides insight into which heavy elements need to be studied in future laboratories to unravel the origin of heavy elements.