Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

Emmanuel Lidden from Australia took it as a real challenge: he wanted to collect all the elements of the periodic table. But ...

John Sutton described his client as an “innocent collector” and “science nerd”, claiming Lidden “did not import or possess these items with any sinister intent”. “These offences were committed out of ...

The explosion released elements heavier than iron—like gold and platinum—through a process known as rapid neutron capture ...

Researchers may have found a way to create a new superheavy element, known as "element 120," which would be so hefty that it ...

Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...

Since the first nuclear explosion in history during the Trinity test in 1945, nuclear weapons have significantly shaped the ...

Lidden pleaded guilty to offences under Australia's nuclear non-proliferation act that carry a possible 10-year jail sentence ...

The transplutonium actinides are highly radioactive and rare, making them difficult to study. To examine their chemical ...