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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Tracks a Neutron Star With Mysterious Origin
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spotted a rogue magnetar, dubbed SGR 0501+4516, traversing our galaxy for a significantly long time. As per claims by scientists, it was first discovered in the year 2008 by NASA's Swift Observatory as intense flashes of gamma rays in the outer area of the Milky Way
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OpenAI Close to Finalising $40 Billion SoftBank-Led Funding
OpenAI is close to finalising a $40 billion (roughly Rs. 3,43,265 crore) funding round. SoftBank will be leading this investment.
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Unusual X-ray Flash in Large Magellanic Cloud Puzzles Astronomers
A brief yet intense X-ray flash, XRT 200515, was detected in NASA's Chandra telescope data from 2000. The signal, originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud, has left scientists debating its cause. Possible explanations include a neutron star pulling in gas from a companion star or a powerful flare from a distant magnetar. Researchers also specula...
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One Of Universe's Most Powerful Magnets Has Awoken - Our Theories Can't Explain It
After a decade of silence, one of the most powerful magnets in the universe suddenly burst back to life in late 2018.
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In a First, Scientists Measure Oscillations in the Brightness of a Massive Neutron Star During Eruption
An international group of scientists has tried to study a neutron star, which is created when a giant star dies in a supernova and its core collapses, forming neutrons. In a first, the group says it has been able to measure the oscillations in the brightness in a magnetar.
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Radio Burst From Within Milky Way May Help Solve Cosmic Mystery
Astrophysicists have detected a burst of cosmic radio waves within our solar system for the first time and identified its source, according to research published Wednesday that sheds new light on one of the mysteries of the Universe.
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Youngest Known Magnetar Discovered 16,000 Light-Years Away From Earth
Astronomers have discovered the youngest known magnetar about 16,000 light-years away from Earth. It is being called Swift J1818.0-1607. A study explaining the discovery of this magnetar states it is about 240 years old which makes it quite new and young by cosmic standards.
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Nasa Spots Slowest Known Magnetar
The magnetar 1E 1613 - at the centre of RCW 103, the remains of a supernova explosion located about 9,000 light years from Earth - rotates once every 24,000 seconds (6.67 hours), the researchers found.
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Discovery of 'Wind Nebula' Opens New Window Into Magnetar
It offers a unique window into the properties, environment and outburst history of magnetars, which are the strongest magnets in the universe.
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First 'Wind Nebula' Around Rare Magnetar Discovered
Scientists have for the first time discovered a wind nebula - a vast cloud of high-energy particles around a rare ultra-magnetic neutron star known as magnetar.
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Revealed: Secrets of Super-Dense Magnetic Star
Astronomers said on Wednesday they may have found the answer to a cosmic riddle called the magnetar - a star so dense that just a teaspoonful of it would have a mass of about a billion tonnes.
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Tracks a Neutron Star With Mysterious Origin
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spotted a rogue magnetar, dubbed SGR 0501+4516, traversing our galaxy for a significantly long time. As per claims by scientists, it was first discovered in the year 2008 by NASA's Swift Observatory as intense flashes of gamma rays in the outer area of the Milky Way
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OpenAI Close to Finalising $40 Billion SoftBank-Led Funding
OpenAI is close to finalising a $40 billion (roughly Rs. 3,43,265 crore) funding round. SoftBank will be leading this investment.
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Unusual X-ray Flash in Large Magellanic Cloud Puzzles Astronomers
A brief yet intense X-ray flash, XRT 200515, was detected in NASA's Chandra telescope data from 2000. The signal, originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud, has left scientists debating its cause. Possible explanations include a neutron star pulling in gas from a companion star or a powerful flare from a distant magnetar. Researchers also specula...
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One Of Universe's Most Powerful Magnets Has Awoken - Our Theories Can't Explain It
After a decade of silence, one of the most powerful magnets in the universe suddenly burst back to life in late 2018.
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In a First, Scientists Measure Oscillations in the Brightness of a Massive Neutron Star During Eruption
An international group of scientists has tried to study a neutron star, which is created when a giant star dies in a supernova and its core collapses, forming neutrons. In a first, the group says it has been able to measure the oscillations in the brightness in a magnetar.
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Radio Burst From Within Milky Way May Help Solve Cosmic Mystery
Astrophysicists have detected a burst of cosmic radio waves within our solar system for the first time and identified its source, according to research published Wednesday that sheds new light on one of the mysteries of the Universe.
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Youngest Known Magnetar Discovered 16,000 Light-Years Away From Earth
Astronomers have discovered the youngest known magnetar about 16,000 light-years away from Earth. It is being called Swift J1818.0-1607. A study explaining the discovery of this magnetar states it is about 240 years old which makes it quite new and young by cosmic standards.
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Nasa Spots Slowest Known Magnetar
The magnetar 1E 1613 - at the centre of RCW 103, the remains of a supernova explosion located about 9,000 light years from Earth - rotates once every 24,000 seconds (6.67 hours), the researchers found.
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Discovery of 'Wind Nebula' Opens New Window Into Magnetar
It offers a unique window into the properties, environment and outburst history of magnetars, which are the strongest magnets in the universe.
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First 'Wind Nebula' Around Rare Magnetar Discovered
Scientists have for the first time discovered a wind nebula - a vast cloud of high-energy particles around a rare ultra-magnetic neutron star known as magnetar.
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Revealed: Secrets of Super-Dense Magnetic Star
Astronomers said on Wednesday they may have found the answer to a cosmic riddle called the magnetar - a star so dense that just a teaspoonful of it would have a mass of about a billion tonnes.
