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VLBA makes first direct distance measurement to magnetar – Phys.org
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have made the first direct geometric measurement of the distance to a magnetar within our Milky Way Galaxy—a measurement that could help determine if magnetars are the sources…
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have made the first direct geometric measurement of the distance to a magnetar within our Milky Way Galaxya measurement that could help determine if magnetars are the sources of the long-mysterious Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs).
Magnetars are a variety of neutron starsthe superdense remains of massive stars that exploded as supernovaewith extremely strong magnetic fields. A typical magnetar magnetic field is a trilli…
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