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Astronomers just witnessed something no one has ever seen before: the birth of a magnetar, one of the universe's most extreme objects. The discovery proves Einstein was right about space-time and reveals how the brightest explosions in the cosmos actually work.
For the first time in nearly 20 years of searching, scientists have definitively detected gamma rays from a rare superluminous supernova, solving a cosmic mystery about what powers these exceptionally bright stellar explosions. The culprit: a newborn magnetar with the strongest magnetic field in the universe.
Astronomers just caught the first-ever birth of a magnetar, one of the most magnetic objects in the universe, solving a mystery that's puzzled scientists for two decades. The discovery confirms that these cosmic powerhouses form during ultra-bright supernova explosions.
Scientists have finally captured definitive gamma-ray evidence of a supercharged supernova, revealing how the most magnetic objects in the universe are born. After nearly 20 years of searching, NASA's Fermi spacecraft witnessed a stellar explosion powered by a newborn magnetar spinning 700 times per second.
Scientists finally discovered what powers the brightest stellar explosions ever seen: ultra-magnetic newborn stars spinning hundreds of times per second. The breakthrough came after NASA's Fermi telescope detected gamma rays from a supernova 440 million light-years away.
A mysterious cosmic flash just revealed it has a companion star. This discovery rewrites what we know about where the universe's most powerful radio signals come from.
A 60-year-old Australian radio telescope that discovered one of the brightest pulsars in the sky has been rescued from retirement by a tech entrepreneur who wants to keep it running for science and education.