This story was updated April 4 at 12:24 p.m. EDT. Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, but why is that? To answer this question, "we need to go back to the Big Bang," said May Nyman, a ...

Snapshots of the hydrogen jet Shadowgraphs at the time of impact of the high-intensity laser pulse on the jet of hydrogen. A weaker light pulse sent in advance ...

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of star stuff.--Carl Sagan Almost all ...

Theory suggests that if physicists could cram just the right amount of stuff into a nucleus, the resulting element would hit a sweet spot. It could romp on the island of stability for days, months or ...