A series of mysterious bursts of energy that slammed into Earth had baffled scientists for a while. Finally, they are closer to understanding what they were. The fast radio burst was observed by two telescopes before and after it occurred, giving an unprecedented view to better understand these extreme radio events. Fast radio bursts are …
Magnetars are super-strong neutron stars with more powerful magnetic fields than Earth’s. Their magnetic fields decay, emitting high-energy radiation. One such magnetar, SGR J1830-0645, discovered in 2020, is a young, isolated neutron star. Scientists from Raman Research Institute and the University of Delhi used AstroSat to study it in X-ray energies, analyzing its timing and …
New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 21, 2023 19:12 IST India’s first multi-wavelength space-based observatory, AstroSat, has made a significant discovery by detecting bright pulses of energy coming from deep space. The Indian probe picked up 67 such bursts each lasting 33 milliseconds from a new and distinctive neutron star known as a magnetar. This finding offers valuable …