LSU astrophysicist Eric Burns and his colleagues used 20-year-old NASA and ESA data to confirm that magnetars, neutron stars with strong magnetic fields, are the origin of the earliest gold in the universe. Their study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, shows that magnetar "starquakes" create heavy elements like gold, revealing new insights into the origins of elements essential to Earth and life.Read more ➡️ https://www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/04/burns-magnetars-gold.php
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