First magnetar flare detected from another galaxy tracked to its home
For the first time, astronomers have definitively spotted a flaring magnetar in another galaxy. These...
Superfast baby magnetar spotted screaming through Milky Way
A rapidly twirling, ultramagnetic, 500-year-old baby neutron star has been spotted zipping at never-before-seen speeds...
Chandra observations reveal extraordinary magnetar
This image contains an exceptional magnetar, a type of neutron star with very powerfulmagnetic fields....
Chandra X-ray Observatory studies extraordinary magnetar — ScienceDaily
In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic objects with...
Research suggests our galaxy’s brightest gamma-ray binary system may be powered by a magnetar star — ScienceDaily
A team of researchers led by members of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and...
Astronomers spotted colliding neutron stars that may have formed a magnetar
A surprisingly bright cosmic blast might have marked the birth of a magnetar. If so,...
Galaxy’s brightest gamma-ray binary system may be powered by a magnetar
An impression of the gamma-ray binary system LS 5039. A neutron star (left) and its...