Neutron star magnetic fields: Not so turbulent?
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 13:20
in Astronomy & Space
Neutron stars, the extraordinarily dense stellar bodies created when massive stars collapse, are known to host the strongest magnetic fields in the universe—as much as a billion times more powerful than any man-made electromagnet. But some neutron stars are much more strongly magnetized than others, and this disparity has long puzzled astrophysicists.