Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae
Frame-dragging from rapidly spinning magnetars explains the irregular light patterns observed in superluminous supernovae, resolving a long-standing discrepancy between theory and observations.
Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae
Frame-dragging from rapidly spinning magnetars explains the irregular light patterns observed in superluminous supernovae, resolving a long-standing discrepancy between theory and observations.
Astronomers watch the birth of a magnetar for the first time
Astronomers observed the birth of a magnetar, an extremely dense neutron star with the universe's most powerful magnetic fields, through a superluminous supernova's unusual flickering light pattern over 200 days.