Biggest Explosions in the Universe Powered by Strongest Magnets
12 July, 2015
Some long-duration gamma-ray bursts are driven by magnetars
8 July 2015
Observations from ESO’s La Silla and Paranal Observatories in Chile have for the first time demonstrated a link between a very long-lasting burst of gamma rays and an unusually bright supernova explosion. The results show that the supernova was not driven by radioactive decay, as expected, but was instead powered by the decaying super-strong magnetic fields around an exotic object called a magnetar. The results will appear in the journal Nature on 9 July 2015.
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