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The universe is filled with remarkable objects. Researchers have just found another.
We weren't even sure something like this was possible
Astronomers have called it a "cosmic monster".
What we do know is that it blasts enormously powerful X-rays into the void.
The star was observed for the first time in June, but it's still radiating massive amounts of energy, making it shine 570 billion times stronger than our Sun.
In a never-before seen feat, astronomers using NASA’s Swift X-ray Telescope have observed a spinning neutron star suddenly slowing down, something which can provide valuable clues to understanding these mysterious objects. Neutron stars Neutron stars are the cores of former high-mass stars, the remains of supernovae after the blow-up. As the core of the massive […]
Those bursts are from magnetars. You may have some idea about what a white dwarf is, or a black hole or even a pulsar, but what are magnetars? Magnetars are neutron stars with an extremely powerful magnetic field; their decay powers the emission of copious amounts of high-energy electromagnetic radiation, particularly X-rays and gamma-rays. They pack […]
