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magnetars

Resident Alien Season 2 Episode 13

Mysterious radio signal follows gravitational waves like cosmic thunder and lightning

You're going to need a bigger umbrella.
By Cassidy Ward 2 months ago
Magnetized neutron star

Highly magnetic dead stars might have solid surfaces, but you sure wouldn't want to walk on 'em

It would rip you apart before you ever got close.
By Cassidy Ward 6 months ago
Phil Plait Bad Astronomy Frb M81 Gc

The weird gets weirder: A fast radio burst traced to a nearby galaxy's globular cluster

The location is solved, but what's causing it?
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Artwork depicting the explosion of a massive star: a supernova. Credit: M. Weiss

How did the COW supernova get so bright so fast? A little pre-explosion gas.

A superluminous supernova lit up previously ejected material.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Liz Disappearing Space Flash PRESS

The mystery of the disappearing flash in space

Spoiler: it wasn't aliens.
By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago
A rotating neutron star with a powerful magnetic field whips up subatomic particles around it. Artwork credit: NASA / Swift / Aurore Simonnet, Sonoma State University

A single object ripped out over 1,600 Fast Radio Bursts in just a few days and no one knows why

By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Artwork depicting a magnetar superflare, an eruption of epic energy from the surface of a neutron star. Credit: NASA/GSFC

A magnetar is outbursting again right on schedule

By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Philip Plait Bad Astronomy Fast Radio Bursts 2

Mysterious bursts of radio pulses prefer a galaxy's loving arms

By Phil Plait 1 year ago
A rotating neutron star with a powerful magnetic field whips up subatomic particles around it. Artwork credit: NASA / Swift / Aurore Simonnet, Sonoma State University

Now we know just how far away a magnetar is

By Phil Plait 2 years ago
A neutron star is incredibly small and dense, packing the mass of the Sun into a ball just a few kilometers across. This artwork depicts one compared to Manhattan. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Neutron stars may be quite a bit bigger than previously thought

By Phil Plait 2 years ago
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