Published 06:38 IST, June 18th 2020

NASA scientists discover remarkable cosmic baby—a 240-year-old neutron star

NASA astronomers have discovered a very rare neutron star, known as Swift J1818.0−1607, which is a veritable newborn by cosmic standards.

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US Astromers have discovered a very rare remarkable neutron star which is kwn as Swift J1818.0−1607 and is estimated to be about 240 years old.  A new study published in Astrophysical Journal confirms that  terrestrial body is a veritable newborn by cosmic standards. study added that NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory spotted young object on March 12, when it released a massive burst of X-rays. European ncy's XMM-Newton observatory and NASA's NuSTAR telescope did a follow up study which is led by Caltech and mand by ncy's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which revealed cosmic baby's physical characteristics. 

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As per NASA's website, "A neutron star is an incredibly dense nugget of stellar material left over after a massive star goes superva and explodes. In fact, y're some of densest objects in universe (second only to black holes): A teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh 4 billion tons on Earth. atoms inside a neutron star are smashed toger so tightly, y behave in ways t found anywhere else. Swift J1818.0−1607 packs twice mass of our Sun into a volume more than one trillion times smaller." 

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It added, "With a magnetic field up to 1,000 times stronger than a typical neutron star — and about 100 million times stronger than most powerful magnets made by humans — Swift J1818.0−1607 belongs to a special class of objects called magnetars, which are most magnetic objects in universe. And it appears to be youngest magnetar ever discovered. If its is confirmed, that means light from stellar explosion that formed it would have reached Earth around time that George Washington became first president of United States." 

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06:38 IST, June 18th 2020