An artistic representation of a magnetar (IMAGE)

Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica

An artistic representation of a magnetar

Caption

An artistic representation of a magnetar, surrounded by the nebula responsible for the continuum radio emission associated with some Fast Radio Bursts.

 

 

 

Credit

Credits: NSF/AUI/NRAO/S. Dagnello

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