An observation campaign led by ESA’s XMM-Newton space observatory reveals the youngest pulsar ever seen…
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Magnetars are a type of neutron star, which are the remnants of massive stars that have exploded in supernovae. What sets magnetars apart from other neutron stars is their extremely powerful magnetic fields, which are the strongest in the universe, exceeding a quadrillion times the strength of Earth’s magnetic field. These intense magnetic fields are responsible for the emission of high-energy electromagnetic radiation, particularly X-rays and gamma rays. Magnetars exhibit dramatic bursts and flares of this radiation, which can release more energy in a fraction of a second than our sun emits in 100,000 years. The formation of these extraordinary magnetic fields is still not completely understood, but it is believed to be related to the dynamics of the neutron star’s rapidly spinning, superconducting core. Although magnetars are rare, with only about 30 currently confirmed, they offer valuable insights into the behavior of matter under the most extreme conditions.
A University of Colorado at Boulder astrophysicist is searching the light coming from a distant,…
ESA’s Integral helps unravel origin of Fast Radio Bursts A global collaboration of telescopes including…
Magnetars are neutron stars endowed with the strongest magnetic fields observed in the Universe, but…
Using ESA’s Gaia satellite, a team of astronomers has discovered a “heavy metal” supernova that…
A team of astronomers studying the superluminous supernova Gaia6apd has concluded in part from the…
Physicists from MIT are proposing a new experiment to detect a dark matter particle called…
Astronomers may have detected the slowest spinning neutron star to date. The object is in…
Using the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory, a team of astronomers has discovered a vast cloud of…
ESO’s La Silla and Paranal Observatories have demonstrated for the first time a link between…
Using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered underlying signals related to…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers believe they’ve found the partner star of a magnetar…
New data from NASA’s Swift spacecraft have led to the discovery of a rare subclass…
In a new study, researchers show that two of the brightest and most distant supernovae…
A newly published study sheds new light on star death, finding that the brightest supernovae…
An international team of astronomers has discovered a magnetar at the center of the Milky…
Using ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope, researchers have discovered that magnetar SGR 0418+5729 has one of…
Astronomers using the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope have discovered radio bursts originating from billions of…