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More Images: Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar
X-ray & Infrared Images of J1818.0-1607
(Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of West Virginia/H. Blumer; Infrared (Spitzer and Wise): NASA/JPL-CalTech/Spitzer)
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This image contains an exceptional magnetar, a type of neutron star with very powerful magnetic fields. Astronomers have found evidence that this object may be the youngest known magnetar (about 500 years old in Earth's timeframe). It is also the fastest rotating one yet discovered (spinning about 1.4 times per second). The images show a close-up view of the magnetar in X-rays from Chandra in combination with Spitzer and WISE infrared data providing a wider field of view. Magnetars form when a massive star runs out of nuclear fuel and its core collapses onto itself.


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