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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 extraordinarily dense object chiefly composed of closely packed neutrons, which develop from the collapsed core of a giant star at the time of a supernova.