And I haven't even mentioned magnetars yet.

而我甚至还没有提到磁星呢。

This makes magnetars the most powerful magnets in the known universe.

这使得磁星成为已知宇宙中最强大的磁铁。

But magnetars have a magnetic field 1000 times more powerful than even that is.

但是磁星的磁场甚至比这还要强 1000 倍。

But while they're around, magnetars are the most magnetic objects in the Universe.

但磁星是宇宙中磁性最强的物体。

They're relatively rare: maybe 10% of all neutron stars are born as magnetars.

只有大约10%的中子星是诞生为磁星的。

The good news is that there are very few magnetars like this in the galaxy, probably fewer than a dozen.

好消息是，银河系中像这样的磁星非常少，可还能不到十二个。

Stay tuned for a sequel, as researchers try to understand exactly how the magnetars produce these radio bursts.

请继续关注后续报道，因为研究人员试图确切了解磁星是如何产生这些射电暴的。

As scary as magnetars are, we can thankfully remain more fascinated by them instead at a safe distance away.

虽然磁星很可怕，但谢天谢地，我们可以在安全的距离之外继续对它们着迷。

Magnetars also produce bright X-ray flares.

磁星还会产生明亮的 X 射线耀斑。

Magnetars can also be prone to a phenomenon known as starquakes which are just like earthquakes but on a star.

磁星也容易发生一种被称为星震的现象，这就像地震，但发生在一颗恒星上。

So the objects are likely too old to be magnetars, the researchers said.

研究人员说，因此这些物体可能太老了，不可能是磁星。

Now, cosmic detectives have figured out where they come from: magnetars, neutron stars that fizzle and pop with powerful magnetic fields.

现在，宇宙侦探们已经找到了它们的来源：磁星，即在强大的磁场作用下忽隐忽现的中子星。

Their conclusion about where the signal came from was based on data collected on pulsars and magnetars observed in our own galaxy.

他们关于信号来源的结论是基于在银河系中观测到的脉冲星和磁星上收集的数据。

You might find some comfort in the fact that most magnetars don't make it much past their 10,000 birthday.

你可能会发现一些安慰，因为大多数磁星在10，000岁生日后并没有成功。

But neutron stars and their even weirder twins called magnetars are possibly even weirder, scarier, and more interesting than anything else I've discussed so far.

但是中子星和它们更奇怪的双胞胎——磁星，可能比我到目前为止讨论过的任何东西都更奇怪、更可怕、更有趣。

While magnetars are thought to be young stars, the two flaring objects in this study reside near elliptical galaxies, which contain older stars.

虽然磁星被认为是年轻的恒星，但这项研究中的两个耀斑物体位于包含较老恒星的椭圆星系附近。

Neutrons stars with the strongest magnetic fields are called magnetars, and are capable of colossal bursts of energy that can be detected over vast distances.

具有最强磁场的中子恒星被称为磁星，能够产生巨大的能量爆发，可以在很远的地方被探测到。