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DescriptionSwift j1818 inset.jpg	English: This image contains an exceptional magnetar, a type of neutron star with very powerful magnetic fields. Astronomers have found evidence that this object may be the youngest known magnetar (about 500 years old in Earth's timeframe). It is also the fastest rotating one yet discovered (spinning about 1.4 times per second). This image shows the magnetar in X-rays from Chandra (purple) at the center of the image in combination with Spitzer and WISE infrared data showing the wider field of view. Magnetars form when a massive star runs out of nuclear fuel and its core collapses onto itself.
Date	8 January 2021
Source	https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/j1818/
Author	X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of West Virginia/H. Blumer; Infrared (Spitzer and Wise): NASA/JPL-CalTech/Spitzer

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Image title	This image contains an exceptional magnetar, a type of neutron star with very powerful magnetic fields. Astronomers have found evidence that this object may be the youngest known magnetar (about 500 years old in Earth's timeframe). It is also the fastest rotating one yet discovered (spinning about 1.4 times per second). This image shows the magnetar in X-rays from Chandra (purple) at the center of the image in combination with Spitzer and WISE infrared data showing the wider field of view. Magnetars form when a massive star runs out of nuclear fuel and its core collapses onto itself.
Author	Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Source	Chandra X-ray Observatory
Headline	In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic objects with the discovery of a magnetar. New Chandra observations help support the idea that it is also a pulsar.
Credit/Provider	X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of West Virginia/H. Blumer; Infrared (Spitzer and Wise): NASA/JPL-CalTech/Spitzer
Short title	Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar
Usage terms	http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Date and time of data generation	8 January 2021
Orientation	Normal
Exif version	2.31
Color space	Uncalibrated
Unique ID of original document	1B9BF496E756DA17254E0E2D4D307D74
Date metadata was last modified	07:01, 12 February 2021
Keywords	J1818.0-1607
Contact information	cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu http://chandra.harvard.edu 60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA 617.496.7941
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