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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 ext...

Ideas, Inventions And Innovations Extraordinary Magnetar Discovered Rotating Every 1.4 Seconds Oh 12, 2020, astronomers detected a new magnetar with NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope. This is only the 31st known magnetar, out of the approximately 3,000 known neutron stars. After follow-up observations, researchers determined that this object, dubbed J1818.0-1607, was special for other reasons. First, it may be the youngest known magnetar, with an age estimated to be about 500 years old. This is based on how quickly the rotation rate is slowing and the assumption that it was born spinning...

    When stars more than thirty times bigger than our sun explode, they produce a type of young neutron star called a magnetar –the most magnetic stars in the universe, with gravity a billion times Earth’s and a magnetic field one-quadrillion times stronger than our Sun’s. A blast from magnetar could blow our atmosphere into space, leaving Earth a lifeless rock. Astronomer Phil Plait describes death by a magnetar should you venture too close as “the tides tearing you to pieces, the fierce heat vaporizing you, the magnetic field tearing your atoms apart, or the intense gravity crushi...

New observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory help support the idea that it is also a pulsar, meaning it emits regular pulses of light.

 E-Mail IMAGE: This image contains an exceptional magnetar, a type of neutron star with very powerful magnetic fields. Astronomers have found evidence that this object may be the youngest known magnetar (about 500 years... view more  Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of West Virginia/H. Blumer; Infrared (Spitzer and Wise): NASA/JPLCalTech/Spitzer In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic objects with the discovery of a magnetar. New observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory help support the idea that it is also a pulsar, meaning it emits regular p...