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"NICER tracked how three bright, X-ray-emitting hot spots slowly wandered across the object's surface while also decreasing in size, providing the best look yet at this phenomenon."
Neutron stars form when a medium-sized star reaches the end of its life and explodes as a supernova, leaving an incredibly dense core behind.
Astronomer Carl Sagan once famously said "we are all made of star-stuff" but until now the origins of heavier elements have remained a mystery.
Astronomers have made a discovery that could be significant. On June 3, astronomers received a brief x-ray burst that happened close to the galactic plane. The
A new discovery could soon be raising the total number of confirmed magnetars to 25.