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Artist's impression of the CHIME Outrigger Array over North America, locating RBFLOAT to its host galaxy. Credit: Daniëlle Futselaar/MMT Observatory

Astronomers track record-breaking radio burst from 130 million light-years away

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An international team of researchers, including astrophysicists from Northwestern University, has managed to identify one of the brightest fast radio bursts (FRBs) ever observed – and for the first time pinpoint its location with unprecedented precision.
A massive magnetic helium star, on its way to becoming a magnetizer. Figure: ESO

A new type of star has been discovered: a massive magnetic helium star

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Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory discovered that the star HD 45166 is a neutron star about to become a megastar
An artist's impression of a magnetar in an eruption, showing a complex structure of magnetic fields and beam emission, shown here after a crustal rupture event. Credit: McGill University Graphic Design Team

Astronomers discover a powerful short burst of radio radiation from a place relatively close to the Milky Way

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The close proximity of high-energy pulses suggests that magnetars may be the source of certain fast bursts of radio radiation
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new insight into magnets

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