Magnetars: Mega-magnetic stars, recently dead "When stars more massive than eight times the sun die, they explode in a supernova that leaves a black hole or neutron star behind. Neutron stars are ...
Artist's impression of a magnetar. Magnetars are the cosmic objects with the strongest magnetic fields ever measured in the Universe. While ESA’s satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it ...
While observing the sky, ESA's INTEGRAL satellite detected a burst of gamma rays - high-energy photons - originating from the nearby galaxy M82. A few hours later, ESA's XMM-Newton space X-ray ...
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stellar remnants called neutron stars that possess immensely strong magnetic fields.
May 15, 2024 — Astronomers have just discovered a new Earth-sized exoplanet around SPECULOOS-3, an 'ultracool dwarf' star as small as Jupiter, twice as cold as our Sun, and located 55 light ...
Université de Genève. (2024, April 24). Eruption of mega-magnetic star lights up nearby galaxy. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 15, 2024 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 04 ...
Its giant flare was detected by the European Space Agency's Integral space observatory on Nov. 15, 2023, in M82, a galaxy boasting a star formation rate much higher than the Milky Way's - called a ...
(Nanowerk News) 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 ...
Artist's impression of a magnetar. Magnetars are the cosmic objects with the strongest magnetic fields ever measured in the Universe.