For the first time, astronomers have definitively ID’d a specific heavy element forged by a neutron star merger. Theories of physics have long predicted that about half of the universe’s heavy ...

Scientists detected strontium in the aftermath of a dead-star collision. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For the first time, ...

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 ...

Strontium is a soft, silvery metal with a number of uses: It blocks X-rays emitted by TV picture tubes; it causes paint to glow in the dark; and it is responsible for the brilliant reds in fireworks.

Strontium takes its name from the Scottish village of Strontian (Sròn an t-Sìthein), making it the only element named after a place in the United Kingdom. Adair Crawford in 1790 recognized that the ...

Shaun Adams receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Michael Westaway is an ARC Future Fellow and receives funding from the Australian Research Council. To mark the International Year of ...