Magnetic Neutronstar

Stellar Magnet



Credit: ESO/L.Calçada

Magnetars
Magnetars are young neutron stars with an ultra-strong magnetic field a billion billion times stronger than that of the Earth. The twisting of magnetic field lines in magnetars give rise to 'starquakes', which will eventually lead to an intense soft gamma-ray burst.

Like I've said before, we still do not understand magnetic fields well enough. And they are the coolest! :-)