{"id":52640,"date":"2024-11-08T13:07:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T13:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=52640"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:07:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T13:07:11","slug":"researchers-find-fast-radio-bursts-are-linked-to-massive-galaxies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/researchers-find-fast-radio-bursts-are-linked-to-massive-galaxies\/52640\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers find fast radio bursts are linked to massive galaxies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Now, Caltech-led researchers have uncovered where fast radio bursts (FRBs) are more likely to occur in the Universe \u2013 in massive star-forming galaxies rather than low-mass ones<\/a>.<\/p>\n This finding has led to new ideas about how magnetars themselves form. Specifically, the work suggests that these exotic dead stars, whose magnetic fields are 100 trillion times stronger than Earth’s, often form when two stars merge and later blow up in a supernova.<\/p>\n Previously, it was unclear whether magnetars formed in this way from the explosion of two merged stars or whether they might form when a single star explodes.<\/p>\n “The immense power output of magnetars makes them some of the most fascinating and extreme objects in the universe,” said Kritti Sharma, lead author of the new study.<\/p>\n “Very little is known about what causes the formation of magnetars upon the death of massive stars, but our work helps to answer this question.”<\/p>\nThe hidden secrets of magnetars<\/h3>\n