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Astronomers Baffled by Wind Nebula Around Insanely Magnetic Star
First Magnetar with a Wind Nebula Ever Found Using NASA’s Swift satellite, astronomers found a wind nebula surrounding a magnetar for the first time. Why is this remarkable? First of all, a magnetar...
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Magnetars: Meet Some of the Most Powerful Stars in the Known Universe
Neutron Stars It all starts with a bang. Neutron stars are, as the name implies, composed almost exclusively out of neutrons. And the facts only get cooler (and stranger) from here. These are a type of...
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Scientists Detect Powerful Radio Burst Coming From Our Own Galaxy
Astronomers have detected the first-ever fast radio burst (FRB) originating in our own galaxy, ScienceAlert reports. "Something like this has never been seen before," Caltech astronomer Shrinivas...
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A Dead Star Gave Off Something Scientists Have Never Seen Before
An international team of astronomers say they observed a magnetar — the remains of a dead star with an extremely powerful magnetic field — unleash a burst of high-energy radiation made up of X-rays and...
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Astronomers Pinpoint Source of Mysterious Radio Burst Signal
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are blips of cosmic energy that can unleash hundreds of millions times more power than the Sun in just a tiny fraction of a second. They've long puzzled astronomers — and...
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Scientists Are Pretty Sure They Just Saw Two Stars Crash Into Each Other
Big Boom After an onslaught of gamma rays reached astronomers' telescopes in May, they rushed to train more instruments on what they assumed was a merger of two neutron stars. The resulting explosion...
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Scientists Puzzled by "Spooky" Object Sending Radio Signals Every 18 Minutes...
Astronomers are flummoxed by a mysterious celestial object that appears to be releasing massive bursts of energy at regular 18 minute intervals. Like a lighthouse, the beacon is sending out radiation...
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Scientists Startled by Dead Star That Appears to Have a Solid Exterior
Dead Star Everything we know about dead stars may be in need of an update now that astronomers have discovered one that appears to lack an atmosphere — and, fascinatingly, appears to feature a...
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