Webb Pins Most Distant Localized Fast Radio Burst to Tiny Star‑Forming Dwarf Galaxy

#frb #jameswebb #astronomy #magnetars

Magnetars just confirmed a 90-year-old quantum prediction: empty space itself can polarize light in ultra-strong magnetic #Physics #Astronomy #Magnetars #QuantumMechanics

https://freegardner.com/sci_scout/magnetars-confirm-90-year-old-vacuum-birefringence-prediction.html

Half of the neutron #stars could be #magnetars, highly magnetic stars capable of producing very energetic phenomena! 🧲⚡

#IEEC researchers at the @ice-csic.bsky.social have led this study published in #NatureAstronomy @natureportfolio.nature.com

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La meitat de les #estrelles de neutrons podrien ser #magnetars, astres molt magnètics capaços de produir fenòmens molt energètics! 🧲⚡

Investigadores de l' #IEEC a l' @ice-csic.bsky.social han liderat aquest estudi de #NatureAstronomy.

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