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This artist's concept depicts a magnetar – a type of neutron star with a strong magnetic field – losing material into space. Shown as thin green lines, the magnetic field lines influence the movement of charged material around the magnetar
Space

How gold is formed in the universe?

Amit Malewar

NASA data has clues.

This is an artist’s impression of a magnetar, which is a special type of neutron star with an incredibly strong magnetic field. Neutron stars are some of the most compact and extreme objects in the universe. These stars typically pack more than the mass of the Sun into a sphere of neutrons about 12 miles across. The neutron star is depicted as a white-blueish sphere. The magnetic field is shown as filaments streaming out from its polar regions
Space

Newly discovered magnetar is traversing our galaxy from an unknown place

Pranjal Malewar

It is so strange it might even offer clues to the mechanism behind events known as fast radio bursts.

Colorful light glowing starry space
Space

Fast radio burst found in outskirts of an ancient galaxy

Amit Malewar

Astronomers thought they understood fast radio bursts. A recent one calls that into question.

neutron star emitting a radio beam
Space

The origins of a fast radio burst

Pranjal Malewar

The fleeting cosmic firework likely emerged from the turbulent magnetosphere around a far-off neutron star.

active magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607
Space

Unusual radio pulses detected from a previously dormant star

Amit Malewar

Unprecedented behaviour from nearby magnetar.

magnetar
Space

New clues about mysterious deep space signals

Amit Malewar

Researchers zoom in on a dead star’s erratic behavior.

Blue planet in space with stars
Space

AstroSat detected milli-second burst in a new high magnetic field neutron star

Amit Malewar

Understanding the intriguing extreme astrophysical conditions of magnetars.

light from behind the space body
Space

Fast radio bursts from distant neutron stars

Amit Malewar

“Starquakes” could explain mystery signals.

Artist’s impression of HD 45166, the star that might become a magnetar
Space

A living star likely to give clues to the mysterious origin of magnetars

European Southern Observatory

Research team identified highly unusual star that may evolve into a magnetar.

Gamma-ray burst 211211A
Space

NASA captured a revolutionary Gamma-Ray Burst

Amit Malewar

A game-changing cosmic explosion.

magnetar
Space

Astronomers spotted a star with a solid surface and no atmosphere

Amit Malewar

Magnetized dead star likely has a solid surface.

Image illustrating neutron star
Space

Scientists discovered a strange neutron star that rotates extremely slowly

Amit Malewar

It is a unique discovery as it resides in the neutron star graveyard.

SGR 1830
Space

NASA’s NICER sees extremely hot spots on the surface of a magnetar

Amit Malewar

NASA's NICER tracks a magnetar's hot spots.

active magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607
Space

Astronomers spotted never-seen-before behavior from a ‘radio-loud’ magnetar

Amit Malewar

Never-before seen activity from one of the strongest magnets in the universe.

magnetar eruption
Space

The best look ever at a giant flare

Amit Malewar

Brilliant magnetar eruption in the neighboring galaxies could aid search in the Milky Way.

J1818.0-1607
Space

Newly discovered magnetar emits regular pulses of light

Amit Malewar

J1818.0-1607: Chandra studies extraordinary magnetar.

An impression of the gamma-ray binary system
Space

Milky Way’s brightest gamma-ray binary system may be powered by a magnetar star

Amit Malewar

The emission is caused by an interaction between the magnetar’s magnetic fields and dense stellar winds.

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