Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stellar remnants called neutron stars that ...

Astronomers believe they have found a rare, massive flare that erupted from an extremely magnetic dead star, or magnetar, ...

While ESA's satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it spotted a burst of gamma-rays—high-energy photons—coming from the ...

Gamma rays are a broad category of high-energy photons, including everything with more energy than an X-ray. While they are ...

Scientists have seen a sudden explosion coming from a rare object in a nearby galaxy. Researchers believe that the burst must ...

One of the big mysteries about dark matter particles is whether they interact with each other. We still don't know the exact ...

Astronomers just caught a dead star in a distant galaxy throwing a massive temper tantrum.

While ESA's satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it spotted a burst of gamma-rays -- high-energy photons -- coming from the nearby galaxy M82. Only a few hours later, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray space ...

Researchers spotted a giant flare in a nearby galaxy, which they believe came from a neutron star with an extremely strong ...

Scientists were astounded when they witnessed a "dead" neutron star with one of the most powerful magnetic fields in the ...

The reawakening of this “magnetar”, a city-sized star named XTE J1810-197 born from a supernova explosion, was an incredibly ...

Where specialized algorithms fail to classify star-borne pulses, human volunteers with just a little training can step in.