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Newly discovered magnetar emits regular pulses of light – Tech Explorist
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory help support the idea that it is also a pulsar, meaning it emits regular pulses of light.
On March 12, 2020, astronomers detected a new magnetar with NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope. This is only the 31st known magnetar out of the approximately 3,000 known neutron stars.
The magnetar called J1818.0-1607 is the youngest known magnetar, with age estimated to be about 500 years old.
Recent observations made by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that the magnetar J1818.0-1607 is also a pulsar, meaning it emits regular pulses of light. The observations also gave astronomers the…
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