The world witnessed an unprecedented gamma ray burst. This explosion stunned the scientific world. Scientists estimate that the energy released is 10 trillion times that of visible light. Researchers think that the source of this explosion may be a pulsar, a dead star. Additionally, what caused such a huge explosion is a separate subject of research. Here are the details…
The scientific world is investigating the cause of the gamma burst coming from a dead star, the pulsar!
Let’s get to know the pulsars, which caused the explosion that amazed the whole world, a little more closely. Pulsars are the remains of a massive star that exploded as a supernova 10,000 years ago and then collapsed in on itself. These cosmic objects, just 20 kilometers in diameter, rotate and create a powerful magnetic field.
The closest Vera Pulsar is 1000 light-years away from our planet. Additionally, this cosmic object is located in the Vera constellation. More recently, scientists conducted a study of the Vela Pulsar. As a result, they found that this pulsar was the brightest source ever seen in the radio band. In addition to being the brightest cosmic object, this pulsar also has the title of being the brightest permanent source. As research deepens, the secrets of pulsars are also revealed. New research has revealed that there is a portion of the radiation that has even higher energy components.
The discovery that shocked the scientific world: “We couldn’t notice it for 35 years!”
Today, there was a development that once again brought to mind the question of whether there is conscious life in space and shook the scientific world.
co-author Christo Venter, of North-West University in South Africa. “This is approximately 200 times more energetic than any radiation previously detected in the object in question.” said. Scientists don’t exactly know how this could happen.
The explosion that stunned the world was detected at the High Energy Stereoscopic System observatory in Namibia. Scientist Emma de Oña Wilhelmi, who continues her research at the observatory, “These dead stars are composed almost entirely of neutrons and are incredibly dense: a teaspoon of material has a mass of more than 5 billion tons, about 900 times the mass of the Great Pyramid of Giza.” said.
These pulsars resemble cosmic lighthouses. They also emit beams of electromagnetic radiation. If its rays pass over our solar system, we will witness flashes of radiation at regular intervals. When scientists observe these rays from Earth, they will see them as regular rhythmic pulses.
Scientists think the radiation consists of plasma and electromagnetic fields that surround the star and rotate with it. He also predicts that the reason why it spread over such a wide area may be due to the fast electrons produced and ejected by the pulsar’s magnetosphere. Scientists will investigate the radiation in detail to find different energy bands in the electromagnetic spectrum. In this way, they will shed light on the mystery of this event.