
The Spinning Magnets Powering Superluminous Supernovae
Astronomers have finally explained the mysterious, flickering light of the universe's brightest stellar explosions. By observing a wobbling accretion disk around a highly magnetic neutron star, researchers confirmed what powers these blinding cosmic flashes.
By Farah JR, Prust LJ, Howell DA, Ni YQ, McCully C, Andrews M, Kumar H, Hiramatsu D, Gomez S, Wynn K, Filippenko AV, Bostroem KA, Berger E, Blanchard P.
