"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." Magnetars are surrounded by the most powerful magnetic fields in the known ...

Magnetars are neutron stars that possess the strongest magnetic fields in the Universe. These enormously dense objects are at ...

Magnetars are neutron stars characterized by some of the most powerful magnetic fields in the Universe, as well as their intense X-ray and gamma-ray emissions and outbursts. An international team of ...

Magnetars are a type of neutron star and the strongest magnets in the universe. At roughly 8,000 light years away, this magnetar is also the closest known to Earth. The magnetar is emitting light ...

First, these observations irrevocably blur the line between rotation-powered pulsars and magnetars. Although two transient magnetars recently discovered during X-ray outbursts may yet, in ...

Magnetars are surrounded by the most powerful magnetic fields in the known universe, but these dead stars are also surrounded by plenty of mystery. And now, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope ...