Post #102 by bighairymike on the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics board

Outskirts of Shrewd'm / Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (3)

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

No. of Recommendations: 2

Here is a link to an interesting article....

https://archive.is/20231016191541/https://www.news...

Under the discussion of magnetars, the article says this,

Neutron stars become magnetars when their interior somehow whips up the strongest magnetic fields in the universe – a million billion times more powerful than Earth’s field. So tourists should be wary: even a thousand kilometres away from SGR 1935+2154, the intense magnetism would shred your atoms into a fine mist. From a safe distance, though, we will be treated to strange, shimmering patterns of light that coruscate across the surface. The magnetar warps space-time around it so that light travelling nearby will be refracted into a great cosmic hall of mirrors.

Magnetism warping space-time? This is the first I heard of this. Have I just missed something that it otherwise well known?

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

Print the post

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (3)

Prev | Next

Announcements

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics FAQ

Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

A community forum supporting civilized, and highly helpful, self-educating investors that come together for Shrewdness and merry spirits. These message boards closely follow the look and feel of the old message boards at boards.fool.com prior to the boards redirected to discussion.fool.com. Shrewd'm is not affiliated with the comprehensive and excellent investment website, The Motley Fool (TMF), in any way. The Shrewd commmunity here has owed, and continues to owe, gratitude to The Motley Fool for nurturing a culture of jovial irreverence towards Wall St, and that tradition will continue here.