Summary:
- Astronomers have discovered evidence that there may be a highly magnetized dead star, known as a magnetar, at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
- Magnetars are a type of neutron star, which are the extremely dense, collapsed cores of massive stars that have exploded as supernovae. Magnetars have some of the strongest magnetic fields in the universe.
- If confirmed, this magnetar at the galactic center could help explain some of the mysterious X-ray and gamma-ray emissions that have been detected coming from the region around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.