NASA's Fermi satellite finds hints of starquakes in magnetar 'storm'
Saturday, October 25, 2014 - 03:30
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a rapid-fire "storm" of high-energy blasts from a highly magnetized neutron star, also called a magnetar, on Jan. 22, 2009. Now astronomers analyzing this data have discovered underlying signals related to seismic waves rippling throughout the magnetar.