Tag Archive for 'Swift J1818.0-1607'

This composite image of Swift J1818.0-1607 contains a wide field of view in the infrared from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, taken before the magnetar’s discovery. X-rays from Chandra show the magnetar in purple. Image credit: NASA / CXC / University of West Virginia / H. Blumer / JPL / Caltech / Spitzer.

Chandra Observes Young, Fast Spinning Magnetar and Its Environment

Jan 12, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have studied Swift J1818.0-1607, a new magnetar (a type of neutron star with an extremely powerful...

An artist’s impression of a magnetar. Image credit: ESA.

Astronomers Discover Youngest Magnetar Ever

Jun 18, 2020 by News Staff

Using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, ESA’s XMM-Newton observatory, NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), and ground-based...