The findings confirm a theory first proposed 16 years ago by University of California, Berkeley theoretical astrophysicist Dan Kasen. Kasen and his colleagues hypothesized that at least some ...
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Astronomers spot a magnetar’s birth using a general relativity effect
Astronomers have identified the birth of a magnetar, a hyper-magnetized neutron star, by detecting a subtle warping of ...
The light did not fade the way it was supposed to. After blazing into view about a billion light-years from Earth, the supernova known as SN 2024afav settled into something stranger.
Some of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae. “They are one of the brightest explosions in the Universe,” says Joseph Farah, an astrophysicist at the ...
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Scientists see birth of one of the universe's strongest magnets, thanks to relativity 'magic trick'
Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born ...
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