"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

Just 150 light-years from Earth, a team of astronomers has identified an exceptional binary system. These two stars, ...

Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and ...

Astronomers have tracked a mysterious magnetar, SGR 0501+4516, across the Milky Way, revealing it may not have formed in a ...

A decade of observations cast doubt on the typical magnetar origin story, at least as it relates to SGR 0501+4516.

"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...

A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine ...

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the ...

SGR 0501+4516, one of the roughly 30 known magnetars in the Milky Way, was discovered in 2008 after NASA’s Swift Observatory detected gamma-ray flashes at the galaxy’s edge. Unlike typical magnetars, ...

These explosions happen when a white dwarf, which is already an ultra-dense star remnant, takes in too much mass.