An international team of astronomers has performed long-term radio and X-ray observations of a recently detected young magnetar known as Swift J1818.0-1607. Results of the monitoring campaign, published February 15 on arXiv.org, ...
Researchers at the University of Manchester have succeeded in observing the so-called Schwinger effect, an elusive process that normally occurs only in cosmic events. By applying high currents through specially designed graphene-based ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 27, 2022
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Using the Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER) aboard the International Space Station, and other observing facilities, an international team of astronomers has explored a magnetar known as SGR 1830−0645. Results ...
Electrons flowing through power lines and computers inevitably encounter resistance; when they do, they lose some of their energy, which dissipates as heat. That's why laptops get hot after being used for too long and why ...
Superconductivity
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Rocks returned to Earth during NASA's Apollo program from 1968 to 1972 have provided volumes of information about the Moon's history, but they've also been the source of an enduring mystery. Analysis of the rocks revealed ...
Astronomy
Jan 13, 2022
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In the early solar system, a "protoplanetary disk" of dust and gas rotated around the sun and eventually coalesced into the planets we know today.
Astronomy
Oct 15, 2021
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Using four radio telescopes, astronomers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and elsewhere have conducted multi-frequency multi-epoch radio observations of a radio-loud magnetar known as XTE J1810-197. Results ...
Using NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), Russian astronomers have investigated the behavior of a magnetar known as SGR J1745–2900 after its outburst in April 2013. Results of the study, published June ...
Astronomers from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have performed long-term observations of a peculiar magnetar known as CXOU J010043.1−721134. Results of this monitoring campaign shed more light on the nature ...
A dynamo mechanism could explain the incredibly strong magnetic fields in white dwarf stars according to an international team of scientists, including a University of Warwick astronomer.
Astronomy
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