https://phys.org/news/2019-01-magnetar-mysteries-galaxy.html Magnetar mysteries in our galaxy and beyond January 10, 2019, California Institute of Technology: In a new Caltech-led study, researchers from campus and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have analyzed pulses of radio waves coming from a magnetar—a rotating, dense, dead star with a strong magnetic field—that is located near the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy. The new research provides clue