Artist's impression of a magnetar. Magnetars are the cosmic objects with the strongest magnetic fields ever measured in the Universe.

One of the brightest explosions in our galaxy may have produced more heavy elements than expected. The gamma-ray burst from a ...

The freaky phenomenon, known as a cannibal coronal mass ejection (CME), occurred after two solar eruptions decided to merge mid-flight, forming one massive, magnetic monster that socked Earth’s ...