Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere is the "magic trick" behind superbright supernovas.
Astronomers have for the first time observed the birth of a magnetar, a highly magnetized, rapidly spinning neutron star, ...
In December 2024, astronomers watched a star around 25 times the mass of our sun die in a blaze of glory. Located one billion light-years from Earth, SN 2024afav was a prime example of a superluminous ...
Researchers found a magnetic star core acting as a high speed engine to power a record breaking luminous supernova.
"What's really exciting is that this is definitive evidence for a magnetar forming as the result of a superluminous supernova core collapse," explained Alex Filippenko, a UC Berkeley distinguished ...
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