Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a rapidly spinning, highly magnetized neutron star or "magnetar" for the first time. The observation of this event, triggered by the death of a massive star, ...
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NASA’s Fermi telescope detects gamma rays from a rare, unusually luminous supernova
Scientists believe that the extreme luminosity of the supernova stems from a magnetar at its center.
For nearly a decade, scientists have been trying to understand a set of strange blue flashes coming from deep space. These ...
LSU researchers helped uncover what may be the first clear detection of gamma rays from a superluminous supernova, using data ...
Despite being so elusive, neutrinos are produced in abundance in some of the most violent events in the universe. One of ...
A study published May 13 in Physical Review Letters has confirmed that radioactive iron forged inside an exploding star has ...
It's never too late to solve a cold case. A new paper from Syracuse University researchers proposes an explanation for both a mysterious stellar object discovered in the year 2013 and an astronomical ...
Neutron stars are the densely compact cores remaining as one possible result of a supernova. These star remnants are ...
Earth is quietly collecting radioactive debris from an ancient stellar explosion as our Solar System drifts through a giant ...
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