Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A white orb is seen with loopy lines trailing around it. Astronomers believe they have found a rare, massive flare that erupted ...

The reason for a strange burst of radio waves that came from deep space may have become closer to being revealed, according to new NASA research. These fast radio bursts can release as much energy in ...

For the first time, a team of astronomers has caught a glimpse of a magnetar birth within the collapsing core of an extraordinarily bright supernova. Magnetars are a breed of neutron stars with an ...

This is an artist’s impression of a magnetar, which is a special type of neutron star with an incredibly strong magnetic field. Neutron stars are some of the most compact and extreme objects in the ...

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...

Astronomers have for the first time observed the birth of a magnetar, a highly magnetized, rapidly spinning neutron star, directly linked to some of the universe’s brightest exploding stars. This ...

Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...