Supernova debris speeds up neutron stars, strengthening magnetic fields. This explains why low-intensity magnetars still ...

A fast radio burst, or a strong pulse of energy, was tracked to a distant long-dead galaxy that astronomers never thought could produce such a signal.

"Most of the external layers of a massive star are removed during the supernova, but some material falls back, making the neutron star spin faster." ...

An international team of scientists has modeled the formation and evolution of the strongest magnetic fields in the universe.

A blast of radio waves from the outskirts of an ancient galaxy challenges theories about what creates such bursts.

Magnetars—neutron stars with extremely powerful magnetic fields—are considered the primary source of FRBs. These highly dense remnants form when massive stars collapse in supernovae.

First, these observations irrevocably blur the line between rotation-powered pulsars and magnetars. Although two transient magnetars recently discovered during X-ray outbursts may yet, in ...

Astronomers previously thought all FRBs were generated by magnetars formed through the explosions of very young, massive stars. But new FRB is pinpointed to the outskirts of 11.3-billion-year-old ...

The researchers identified the Tayler-Spruit dynamo caused by fall back of supernova material as mechanism leading to formation of low-field magnetars. This new work solves the mystery of low ...

Several FRBs have been linked to a subclass of neutron stars known as magnetars that possess, as the name suggests, stupendous magnetic fields. A recently observed FRB, however, is challenging the ...

Scientists say the discovery of this dynamo-like mechanism could solve the mystery of so-called "low-field magnetars." Magnetars are neutron stars with the universe's most powerful magnetic fields ...

Credit - Anna Ciurlo, Tuan Do/UCLA Galactic Center Group Astronomers previously thought all fast radio bursts (FRBs) were generated by magnetars formed through the explosions of very young ...