Though magnetars and pulsars are two distinct types of neutron stars, astronomers have spotted a magnetar mimicking a pulsar after launching a mysterious blast of intense radiation.

The young pulsar is puzzling because it has properties of both regular pulsars and magnetars, says Gautam Vasisht of California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, an author of the Aug. 6 ...

Magnetars may drive super-luminous supernovas in the local Universe. Matthew Francis – Oct 16, 2013 12:00 pm | 23 Infrared image of dust swathing a magnetized pulsar—a magnetar—known as SGR ...

But in the case of magnetars, the slow-down of their spin is not enough to power the X-ray emission observed. "So there has to be another energy source for these things," said Dr Manchester.

A radio pulsar is type of a neutron star — the extremely dense remnant of an exploded star — that emits radio waves in predictable pulses due to its fast rotation. Magnetars, by contrast ...

Using a set of ground-based radio telescopes, an international team of astronomers has observed a slowly-spinning pulsar known as PSR J0901−4046. Results of the observational campaign, published ...

It's unclear which comes first, the magnetar or the pulsar, according to the video; perhaps magnetars lessen their emissions of X-rays and gamma-rays to become pulsars.

Although not much is known about them, it is believed that magnetars are a type of neutron star that were made during a Supernova explosion, similar to that of a pulsar. They are one of the ...

A pulsar is a neutron star that astronomers detect at a regular interval thanks to its cosmic alignment: ... and it’s incredibly strong, similar to magnetars (SN: 9/17/02).

Magnetars are the highly magnetic corpses of massive stars. ... In the past, different groups of astronomers would observe the same star, but some would identify the target as a pulsar, ...

Though magnetars and pulsars are two distinct types of neutron stars, astronomers have spotted a magnetar mimicking a pulsar after launching a mysterious blast of intense radiation.

Though magnetars and pulsars are two distinct types of neutron stars, astronomers have spotted a magnetar mimicking a pulsar after launching a mysterious blast of intense radiation.