X-ray image of SWIFT J1818.0â?'1607, a young magnetar only 240 years old. Magnetars are a type of neutron star that have exceedingly powerful magnetic fields, trillions of times stronger than Earth's own field and even more powerful than regular neutron stars. At the time of discovery, in March 2020, SWIFT J1818.0â?'1607 was the youngest magnetar ever detected. It is also one of the fastest spinning magnetars found, completing a rotation every 1.36 seconds. Composite image of data obtained by the EPIC-pn camera on ESAâ??s XMM-Newton space observatory. | |
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