A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum ...

Lithium-6 is a crucial material for nuclear fusion reactors, but isolating it is challenging – now researchers have found a ...

The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for ...

For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light ...

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

On Earth, helium comes in two stable isotopes. By far the most common is helium-4, with a nucleus containing two protons and two neutrons. Helium-4 accounts for around 99.99986 percent of all the ...

This discovery suggests that Earth's core could harbor vast reserves of helium, particularly helium-3, a rare and primordial isotope. The presence of helium in Earth's core could rewrite the history ...

General Fusion says its new fusion reactor will produce more power than it consumes by 2027 — a breakthrough that could ...

These results suggest that similar reactions between helium and iron may have occurred within Earth’s core shortly after its formation, trapping much of the primordial helium-3 in the material that ...