A New Record For The Strongest Magnetic Field In The Universe - IFLScience

A neutron star in the X-ray binary Swift J0243.6+6124 has had its surface magnetic field measured, which at 1.6 billion Tesla is far above the previous record.

The surfaces of neutron stars have magnetic fields stronger than anything else we know. All neutron stars are not the same, however, and measuring these fields can be challenging, which means we don'… [+3084 chars]

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