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Magnetars are Extreme in Every Way, Even Their Volcanoes
In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of researchers led by NASA and The George Washington…
Astronomers use Earthquakes to Understand Glitches on Neutron Stars
A team of astronomers have used a model of earthquakes to understand glitches in the timing of pulsars. Their results…
Colliding Neutron Stars can Generate Long Gamma-ray Bursts
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic recurring events in the Universe. Only the Big Bang was more energetic, and…
New Observations Confirm That a Magnetar has a Solid Surface and No Atmosphere
Can a star have a solid surface? It might sound counterintuitive. But human intuition is a response to our evolution…
The Smallest, Lightest Neutron Star Ever Seen Could be a “Strange Star”
A neutron star lighter than the Sun could be a strange matter star.
Astronomers Were Fortunate Enough to Catch a Neutron Star Merging With Another Star
A team of astronomers have followed the evolution of a short duration gamma ray burst, one of the most intense…
The Heaviest Neutron Star Ever Seen Got There by Feasting on its Companion
Life's not too good if you're the companion of a black widow. Here on Earth, spiders by that name feast…
A new Record for the Strongest Magnetic Field Seen in the Universe: 1.6 Billion Tesla
A team of astronomers using the Chinese Insight-HXMT x-ray telescope have made a direct measurement of the strongest magnetic field…
The Case is Building That Colliding Neutron Stars Create Magnetars
Magnetars are some of the most fascinating astronomical objects. One teaspoon of the stuff they are made out of would…
A Rare Repeating Fast Radio Burst Gives Astronomers a Chance to Study These Mysterious Objects
An international team has come up with a new explanation for Fast Radio Bursts based on their study of a…