{"id":46107,"date":"2024-04-09T12:01:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T11:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=46107"},"modified":"2024-04-09T12:01:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T11:01:05","slug":"lovell-telescope-detects-rare-radio-signals-from-magnetar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/lovell-telescope-detects-rare-radio-signals-from-magnetar\/46107\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovell telescope detects rare radio signals from a magnetar"},"content":{"rendered":"
Researchers from the UK, Germany, and Australia have used the Lovell telescope to make a significant breakthrough in understanding the unprecedented behaviour of a previously dormant magnetar, known as XTE J1810-197.<\/p>\n
Magnetars are a type of neutron star and the strongest magnets in the Universe.<\/p>\n
At around 8,000 light years away, XTE J1810-197 is the closest magnetar known to Earth.<\/p>\n
The magnetar emits light, which is strongly polarised and rapidly changing.<\/p>\n
This implies that that interactions at the surface of the star are more complex than what is suggested in previous theoretical explanations.<\/p>\n
The results are published in two papers in Nature Astronomy.<\/em><\/p>\n Detecting radio signals from magnetars is extremely rare. XTE J1810-197 is one of the only magnetars known to produce these emissions.<\/p>\n The magnetar was first observed to emit radio signals in 2003 before going silent for over a decade.<\/p>\nClose observation of the magnetar<\/h3>\n