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

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NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope "detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light" from a nearby supernova. NASA ...

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed a roaming magnetar of a different origin, indicating the possibility of understanding ...

Sometimes, looking inward, to the dynamic, glowing centre of our own galaxy, reveals the most unexpected hints of what lies ...

Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the magnetar called SGR 0501+4516 is traversing our galaxy ...

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A new paper provides scientists with a groundbreaking tool for understanding cataclysmic events. Physicist Glennys Farrar has ...