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  1. @NanoRaptor
    #SciFi : Ken Macleod's Learning the World with the advancing wave of green stars points up the idea that the Dyson sphere is less a solid structure than an accumulation of habitats, machines etc.
    (Sphere might not be the shape either)
    Larry #Niven's #NeutronStar short story points up one problem of near-point masses, tidal forces. One's personal #RocheLimit is best avoided.
    Niven again, and the #SmokeRing and #IntegralTrees is interesting wrt a neutron star and habitability.

  2. Understanding mysterious magnetars 🧲 and radio bursts 🌟 with gravitational waves

    A flash of radio waves lasting a few thousandths of a second, as bright as millions or billions of stars, and it’s all over: even almost 20 years after their discovery, fast radio bursts remain one of the most mysterious phenomena in our Universe. Scientists believe that neutron stars – very small and extremely dense stellar remnants with huge magnetic fields – emit these bursts.

    An international team has now used gravitational waves to study a nearby neutron star that has emitted several radio bursts. The researchers analyzed data from the German-British GEO600 detector to learn more about the origin of these events. Their results contribute to a better understanding of these extreme events and their theoretical description.

    ℹ️ geo600.org/219378/understandin

    📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10. [Open Access]

    #Magnetar #FRB #FastRadioBurst #GravitationalWaves #GEO600 #NeutronStar #SGR1935+2154

  3. Understanding mysterious magnetars 🧲 and radio bursts 🌟 with gravitational waves

    A flash of radio waves lasting a few thousandths of a second, as bright as millions or billions of stars, and it’s all over: even almost 20 years after their discovery, fast radio bursts remain one of the most mysterious phenomena in our Universe. Scientists believe that neutron stars – very small and extremely dense stellar remnants with huge magnetic fields – emit these bursts.

    An international team has now used gravitational waves to study a nearby neutron star that has emitted several radio bursts. The researchers analyzed data from the German-British GEO600 detector to learn more about the origin of these events. Their results contribute to a better understanding of these extreme events and their theoretical description.

    ℹ️ geo600.org/219378/understandin

    📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10. [Open Access]

    #Magnetar #FRB #FastRadioBurst #GravitationalWaves #GEO600 #NeutronStar #SGR1935+2154

  4. #astronomy #FastRadioBurst #magnetar #NeutronStar #FRB20221022A

    An article published in the journal "Nature" reports the identification of the origin of the fast radio burst cataloged as FRB 20221022A linking it to a magnetar-class neutron star, probably emerging from its magnetosphere. A team of researchers used observations conducted with the CHIME radio telescope to identify the origin of this fast radio burst by exploiting the phenomenon of scintillation.

    english.tachyonbeam.com/2025/0

  5. Researchers zero in on the source of fast radio bursts - Enlarge / An event on the surface of a magnetar may produce fast radio ... - arstechnica.com/?p=1866667 #fastradioburst #astrophysics #neutronstar #astronomy #magnetar #science