NASA's Swift, Fermi Probe Fireworks From a Flaring Gamma-Ray Star
January 10, 2013
Swift's X-Ray Telescope (XRT) captured an apparent expanding halo around the flaring neutron star SGR J1550-5418. The halo formed as X-rays from the brightest flares scattered off of intervening dust clouds. Credit: NASA/Swift/Jules Halpern (Columbia Univ.)
Topics:
Plasma physics, Space, Astronomy, Technology Internet, Solar flare, Neutron star, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, X-ray astronomy, SGR J1550-5418, Observational astronomy, Star types, Soft gamma repeaters, Space telescopes, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
