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Astronomers Detect Short, Intense Radio Burst From Relatively Nearby in the...
Close proximity of high energy pulse suggests magnetars may be at the origin of some fast radio bursts. New data from a Canadian-led team of...
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Ultrabright Radio Flashes Detected Coming From Inside Our Own Galaxy
The fast radio bursts are likely generated by a magnetar, the most magnetic type of star in the universe. Fast radio bursts are extremely bright...
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Mysterious, Repeating Radio Burst Identified in Our Own Galaxy for the First...
NASA Missions Help Pinpoint the Source of a Unique X-ray, Radio Burst This is the first time one of these mysterious, repeating radio bursts has...
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Magnetic Monster? NASA’s Hubble Sees Unexplained Brightness from Colossal...
Neutron-Star Collision Releases Puzzling Burst of Infrared Light In our infinite universe, stars can go bump in the night. When this happens between a pair...
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Astronomy’s Most Exciting Puzzle Is About to Be Solved: Cosmic Flashes Come...
By studying the site of a spectacular stellar explosion seen in April 2020, a Chalmers-led team of scientists have used four European radio telescopes to...
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Our Galaxy’s Brightest Gamma-Ray Binary System May Be Powered by a Magnetar Star
A team of researchers led by members of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) has analyzed previously collected...
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Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar: Fastest Spinning and Possibly the...
Astronomers have recently found the fastest spinning and possibly the youngest magnetar known. This object, known as J1818.0-1607, is located about 21,000 light-years away in...
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Chandra X-ray Observatory Studies Extraordinary Magnetar [Video]
Astronomers recently found the fastest spinning and possibly the youngest magnetar yet. J1818.0-1607 is located about 21,000 light-years away in the Milky Way galaxy. Magnetars...
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Spacecraft Detect Giant Flare in Nearby Galaxy
Apart from black holes, magnetars may be the most extreme stars in the universe. With a diameter less than the length of Manhattan, they pack...
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NASA Spacecraft Unmask High-Energy Blast That Swept Through the Solar System...
On April 15, 2020, a brief burst of high-energy light swept through the solar system, triggering instruments on several NASA and European spacecraft. Now, multiple...
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“A True Cosmic Monster!” Violent High-Frequency Oscillations Captured in...
An international scientific group with outstanding Valencian participation has managed to measure for the first time oscillations in the brightness of a neutron star –...
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Astronomers Discover Mysterious Repeating Bursts of Radio Waves From Outer Space
In radio astronomy, a fast radio burst (FRB) is a transient radio pulse of length ranging from a fraction of a millisecond to a few...
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Unraveling the Origin of Mysterious Explosive Radio Bursts
Scientists simulate a perplexing explosive process that occurs throughout the universe. Mysterious fast radio bursts are among the most perplexing phenomena in the universe, releasing...
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“Completely Unexpected” – Scientists Discover a Magnetized Dead Star With a...
According to a new study the X-ray light emitted by a certain magnetar – a highly magnetized dead star – appears to indicate that the...
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Sudden Spin-Down Event Illuminates Magnetar Mystery
A recent publication in the journal Nature Astronomy is offering new insights into magnetars, whose characteristics are still not well understood. A magnetar is a...
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Revealing the Secrets of Magnetars – Researchers Test “Anti-Glitch” Theory
The sudden slowdown of a star in 2020 provides an opportunity to test the “anti-glitch” theory. On October 5th, 2020, a rapidly rotating remnant of...
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Quantum Metamorphosis: Unveiling the Puzzling Phenomenon of Magnetar X-Rays
A “beautiful effect” predicted by quantum electrodynamics (QED) may provide an explanation for the perplexing initial sightings of polarized X-rays radiating from a magnetar –...
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Astonishing Magnetar Discovery Baffles Astronomers and Challenges Physics
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a unique stellar object, an ultra-long period magnetar, challenging current understanding of neutron star physics. The enigmatic object, discovered...
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New Type of Astronomical Object Discovered: Massive Magnetic Helium Stars
New Type of Star Gives Clues to Mysterious Origin of Magnetars Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the Universe. These super-dense dead stars with ultra-strong...
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Magnetic Monster Progenitor: Astronomers Discover Strange New Type of Star
Research team identifies a highly unusual star that may evolve into a magnetar — the most magnetic object in the known Universe. Astronomers found a...
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Magnetic Destiny: How a Wolf-Rayet Star Might Morph Into a Magnetar
Magnetar Origins Explored New findings centered on observations and stellar evolution models of a hot, helium-rich Wolf-Rayet star suggest that it is set to produce...
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Cosmic Enigma Solved? Extreme Stars May Hold the Key to Mysterious Radio Bursts
A universal relation for pulsars, magnetars, and potentially fast radio bursts. An international research team led by Michael Kramer and Kuo Liu from the Max...
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NASA Telescopes Are Unlocking the Secrets Behind Mysterious Deep Space Signals
Using two of the agency’s X-ray telescopes, researchers were able to zoom in on a dead star’s erratic behavior as it released a bright, brief...
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Magnetic Awakening: Unusual Radio Pulses Detected From a Previously Dormant Star
Researchers using Murriyang, CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope, have detected unusual radio pulses from a previously dormant star with a powerful magnetic field. New results published...
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