Supernovae 100x Brighter Explained

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]But, in the past couple of decades, astronomers have found supernovae up to 100 times brighter than usual. The mystery is how these super luminous supernovae were powering up.

[00:00:14]Astronomers looked at six near super luminous supernovae to occur during Fermi's mission.

[00:00:21]Only one in 2017 shows evidence of gamma rays, the highest [music] energy form of light.

[00:00:27]Analysis of these findings clearly favors one explanation. [music] The extra power comes from a spinning super magnetized >> [music] >> neutron star called a magnetar.