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Komal gupta

24/12/21 12:20 PM IST

Source: PIB

Transient High Energy Pulses

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Scientists from the Andalusian Institute of Astrophysics in association with Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Department of Science and Technology have found a clue to understanding violent short duration flares from a compact star called Magnetar

About Magnetar

  • When massive stars like supergiant star with a total mass of between 10 and 25 solar masses
    collapse, they might form neutron stars.
  • Among neutron stars, stands out a small group with the most intense magnetic field known:

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