millisecond magnetar

Gamma ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the universe, briefly outshining entire galaxies in a violent flash of high energy radiation. These excuse the pun astronomical detonations release more energy in a few seconds than our Sun will produce over its entire ten billion year lifetime, sending jets of gamma rays [.] The post Astronomers detect the first heartbeat of a newborn star appeared first on Knowridge Science Report.