And I haven't even mentioned magnetars yet.

而我甚至还没有提到磁星呢。

" We think this new signal could be a magnetar or pulsar on steroids, " Michilli said.

“我们认为这个新信号可能是大型磁星或脉冲星发出的。”

A magnetar flare dwarfs that into insignificance.

而磁星耀斑就使太阳耀斑显得微不足道了。

A magnetar is a neutron star with a very strong magnetic field.

磁星是一种具有很强磁场的中子星。

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。

Do you know what would happen if a magnetar entered our Solar System?

你知道如果一个磁星进入太阳系会发生什么吗？

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。

If you personally got too close to a magnetar, very bad things would happen.

如果你个人离磁星太近，就会发生非常可怕的事情。

Luckily for us however, the closest discovered magnetar to Earth is 9,000 light years away.

不过对我们来说幸运的是，被发现的离地球最近的磁星在 9000 光年之外。

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。

Oh, did I mention that this magnetar is 50,000 light years away?

哦，我有没有提到这个磁星在5万光年之外？

A magnetar is a neutron star with a strong magnetic field.

磁星是具有强磁场的中子星。

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。

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。

But he thinks the star's core might be either a black hole or a magnetar.

但他认为这颗恒星的核心可能是黑洞或磁星。

In 2004, gamma radiation from a magnetar reached our planet from outside of our Milky Way galaxy.

2004年，来自磁星的伽马辐射从银河系外到达我们的星球。

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。

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。