If a magnetar flew within 100,000 miles of Earth, the exotic object's intense magnetic field would destroy the data on every credit card on our planet. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Magnetars are among the most bizarre and mysterious objects in the universe, packing in trillions of times more magnetic pull than ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have discovered that bizarre cosmic phenomena known as fast radio bursts are more likely to occur in huge ...

Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the Universe. These super-dense dead stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields can be found all over our galaxy but astronomers don't know exactly how they form.

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Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

After a decade of silence, one of the most powerful magnets in the universe suddenly burst back to life in late 2018. The reawakening of this “magnetar”, a city-sized star named XTE J1810-197 born ...

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After a decade of silence, one of the most powerful magnets in the universe suddenly burst back to life in late 2018. The reawakening of this “magnetar”, a city-sized star named XTE J1810-197 born ...

In 2013, astronomers announced they had discovered a magnetar exceptionally close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way using a suite of space-borne telescopes including NASA’s ...