Astronomers observe X-ray reactivation of the magnetar SGR 1935+2154
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - 08:10
in Astronomy & Space
Using NASA's Swift and NuSTAR spacecraft, together with NICER instrument onboard the International Space Station, astronomers from Spain and Italy have performed an X-ray monitoring of a magnetar known as SGR 1935+2154. The new observations found that the source has once again became active, this time in the X-ray band. Results of the study were presented May 30 in a prepublished paper on arXiv.org.