Magnetar Discovered Beyond Milky Way Sparks Search for More Extraterrestrial Stars
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery outside the Milky Way: the first magnetic star found beyond our galaxy. This newly spotted magnetar, a dense remnant of a once-bright star with an incredibly strong magnetic field, exists in the galaxy M82, also known as the Cigar Galaxy, located approximately 12 million light-years from Earth. European Space … Read more