Astronomers Detect New Magnetar in the Universe Written by AZoQuantumJan 11 2021 Recently in 2020, astronomers had expanded a unique family of unusual objects with the finding of a new magnetar. These latest observations made from the Chandra X-ray Observatory at NASA help support the concept that this magnetar is also a pulsar, which means it produces standard pulses of light. Close-Up Image of J1818.0-1607. Image Credit: X-ray—NASA/CXC/the University of West Virginia/H. Blumer; Infrared (Spitzer and Wise)—NASA/JPL-CalTech/Spitzer. Magnetars are essentially a kind of neutron star, an extraordinarily dense object chiefly composed of closely packed neutrons, which develop from the collapsed core of a giant star at the time of a supernova.