NASA Missions Unmask Magnetar Eruptions in Nearby Galaxies
WEBJan 13, 2021 · On April 15, 2020, a brief burst of high-energy light swept through the solar system, triggering instruments on several NASA and European spacecraft. Now, multiple international science teams conclude that the blast came from a supermagnetized stellar remnant known as a magnetar located in a neighboring galaxy.
International team detects eruption of mega-magnetic star in …
WEBApr 24, 2024 · On 15 November 2023, ESA's satellite INTEGRAL spotted a sudden explosion from a rare object. For only a tenth of a second, a short burst of energetic gamma-rays appeared in the sky.
ESA - Dead star lights up nearby galaxy - European Space Agency
WEBApr 24, 2024 · A curious signal from a nearby galaxy. In November 2023 ESA’s Integral spotted a sudden explosion from a rare object. For only a tenth of a second, a short burst of energetic gamma-rays appeared from the direction of the bright galaxy M82.
Here's how astronomers found one of the rarest phenomenons in …
WEBApr 24, 2024 · In a new paper published in Nature, Mereghetti and his team lay out their case that the eruption detected in November, 2023 was the result of a giant flare from a magnetar located in the M82...
Huge energetic flare from magnetic neutron star detected
WEBApr 24, 2024 · Scientists have now detected the most distant-known instance of one of these eruptions, called a giant flare, from a magnetar residing in a galaxy called Messier 82, or M82.
Eruption of mega-magnetic star lights up nearby galaxy
WEBApr 24, 2024 · The detection was sent to the Integral science data centre in Geneva, where software determined it came from the nearby galaxy M82. The small square on Integral’s map shows the location of the burst. The blue circle on the two cut-out images shows the corresponding location. © ESA/Integral, ESA/XMM-Newton, INAF/TNG, M. Rigoselli (INAF)
WEBEruption of mega-magnetic star lights up nearby galaxy Thanks to ESA satellites, an international team including UNIGE researchers has detected a giant eruption coming from a magnetar, an extremely magnetic neutron star. WARNING: embargoed until 24 April 2024, 15:00 GMT Artist’s impression of a magnetar. Magnetars
Eruption of mega-magnetic star lights up nearby galaxy
WEBApr 24, 2024 · 2024. Eruption of mega-magnetic star lights up nearby galaxy. Thanks to ESA satellites, an international team including UNIGE researchers has detected a giant eruption coming from a magnetar, an extremely magnetic neutron star. …
Scientists detect first massive extragalactic magnetar flare in …
WEBApr 25, 2024 · Scientists detect first massive extragalactic magnetar flare in nearby galaxy. While all neutron stars boast powerful magnetic fields, magnetars stand out with fields exceeding 10,000 times...
What We Learned From a Dead Star Erupting With The Fire And …
WEBJan 9, 2022 · Cue 15 April 2020, when an instrument on the International Space Station designed to monitor Earth's atmosphere picked up something much more distant. That was the event called GRB 2001415, a gamma-ray burst emitted, it was later determined, by a magnetar in another galaxy.
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