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An artist's impression of magnetar XTE J1810-197 showing the radio emissions and the magnetic field.
An artist's impression of magnetar XTE J1810-197 showing the radio emissions and the magnetic field.

Animation of magnetar XTE J1810-197

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Watch this video of an artist's impression of magnetar XTE J1810-197 and listen to the radio pulses being emitted. (0:35)
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Astronomers using CSIRO's Parkes telescope in eastern Australia have detected radio 'heartbeats' from a star that was not expected to have them.

A United States-Australian research team found that a 'magnetar', a kind of star with the strongest magnetic fields known in the Universe, is giving off extraordinary radio pulses.

This links this rare type of star with the much more common 'radio pulsars'.

Read more about how Parkes finds unexpected ‘heartbeats’ in star (Media release 24 Aug 06).

 

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