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We May Finally Know How Plasma Blasts Through Insane Magnetic Fields of Neutron Stars – ScienceAlert
New calculations from bored physicists have just brought us a bit closer to understanding how material can fall onto neutron stars to flare out powerful blasts…
New calculations from bored physicists have just brought us a bit closer to understanding how material can fall onto neutron stars to flare out powerful blasts of X-ray light.
If enough plasma is gravitationally attracted to the dead star from a binary companion, its mass is sufficient to force a way through the barrier created by the neutron star’s powerful magnetic field, making its way to the neutron star atmosphere.
It’s a significant part of the long-standing unsolved mystery of neutron star…
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