This was achieved using the gamma-ray spectrometer (KPLO Gamma-Ray Spectrometer, KGRS) aboard Korea's first lunar orbiter, Danuri, launched in August 2022. Kim Kyung-ja, head of the Korea ...

The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) is converting a former mine shaft in Taebaek City into a ...

Tracking the sources of photons is a hobby of many astrophysicists. Some types of photons are tied so closely to particular ...

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

You might owe that gold necklace around your neck to a moody, long-dead star from the universe’s ancient past. According to a new study, magnetars—a rare type of neutron star—may have forged some of ...

Scientists have puzzled over the origin of elements heavier than iron since the 1950s. Recently, LSU astrophysicist Eric ...

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.

These two factors limit the number of isotopes that can be used successfully for Mössbauer spectroscopy. The most used is 57 Fe, which has both a very low energy gamma-ray and long-lived excited state ...

A big leap could occur with the potential launch in 2027 of NASA’s Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), a gamma ray telescope that will be able to identify individual elements formed from ...

Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades. It's still unknown if the craft will fall to Earth intact or burn up upon ...

NASA/JPL-Caltech/AP Photo/picture alliance The mission was to deliver a lander equipped with scientific instruments — including a gamma-ray spectrometer, photometer, and atmospheric sensors ...

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