Tag - Cosmic

A Magnetar’s Unexpected Origins Add New Depth to a Cosmic Mystery

An artist's impression of a magnetar. (ESA)On the edge of our galaxy, one of the universe’s rarest stellar objects just became even more puzzling.Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Gaia observatory, astronomers examined the environment around SGR 0501+4516, a magnetar — a highly magnetized type of neutron star. Their findings suggest that...