English This plot tracks 37 days of change in SGR 1830’s peak X-ray emission as seen by NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER). determination...
Explore how NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) tracked brilliant hot spots on the surface of an erupting magnetar – from 13,000...
textExplore how NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) tracked brilliant hot spots on the surface of an erupting magnetar – from 13,000...
English In addition to the regular X-ray peaks from the magnetar's hot spots, NICER also detected dozens of powerful X-ray bursts. In this animation,...
Animation showing a closer view, with our perspective tracking the hot spots to better illustrate their migrating and merging behavior. The magnetar rotates every...
English Animation showing a wide view of SGR 1830, a magnetar that underwent an outburst in October 2020. NICER measurements from the first day of the...
Estrellas de Neutrones (NICER por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA rastreó unos puntos calientes brillantes en la superficie de un magnetar en erupción – desde...
English Wider version of the image above. Scientists think SGR 1830’s hot spots likely resembled the bases of coronal loops frequently seen on the Sun...
English Cropped version of image below. Scientists think SGR 1830’s hot spots likely resembled the bases of coronal loops frequently seen on the Sun....
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