Interview with NOIRLab Astronomer André-Nicolas Chené
NOIRLab astronomer André-Nicolas Chené, discusses how astronomers have found a highly unusual star that has the most powerful magnetic field ever found in a massive star — and that may become one of the most magnetic objects in the Universe: a variant of a neutron star known as a magnetar. This finding marks the discovery of a new type of astronomical object — a massive magnetic helium star — and sheds light on the origin of magnetars.
Credit:NOIRLab/AURA/NSF/P. Marenfeld
About the Video
Id: | noirlab2323a |
Release date: | Aug. 16, 2023, 6:06 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2323 |
Duration: | 03 m 03 s |
Frame rate: | 29.97 |