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Scientists think SGR 1830's hot spots likely resembled the bases of coronal loops frequently seen on the Sun. In this extreme ultraviolet view from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, loops of ionized gas trace magnetic fields emerging from the solar surface. Credit: NASA/SDO

NASA’s NICER Telescope Sees Hot Spots Merge On A Magnetar

MessageToEagle.com | March 9, 2022

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – For the first time, NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) has observed the merging of multimillion-degree X-ray spots on the surface

Artist’s impression of the merging of two white dwarf stars. (Image: Nicole Reindl, University of Potsdam

Astronomy

Astronomers Discover Rare Stellar Marriage

MessageToEagle.com | February 15, 2022

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Researchers from the University of Tübingen encounters a new type of star with unusual properties – a merger of two white dwarfs.