Astronomers finds youngest magnetar yet.

ISLAMABAD -- In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic stars, with the discovery of a magnetar.Magnetars are a type of neutron star, which are incredibly dense objects mainly made up of densely packed neutrons. They form from the collapsed core of a massive star during a supernova. What sets magnetars apart from the rest of their intriguing stellar clan is that they also have the most powerful known magnetic fields in the universe.On March 12, 2020, astronomers detected a new magnetar with NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope. After follow-up observations, researchers determined that this object, dubbed Swift J1818.0-1607 or J1818 for short, was special for a couple more reasons.First, it may...

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