Astronomers Discover Youngest Known Kagnetar
Astronomers Discover Youngest Known Kagnetar

SAN BASILIO, ITALY — Astronomers at NASA and the ESA have discovered a neutron star that is the youngest known magnetar ever recorded.

Swift J1818.0−1607 was born in a supernova that would have been visible from Earth 240 years ago.

A magnetar is a kind of highly magnetized neutron star, the most powerful magnetic objects in the universe.

Only 30 magnetars in the Milky Way have been found.

The star is located 16,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius and is 16,240 years old.