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Lense–Thirring precessing magnetar engine drives a superluminous supernova Joseph R. Farah · Logan J. Prust · D. Andrew Howell · Yuan Qi Ni · Curtis McCully · Moira Andrews · Harsh Kumar · Daichi Hiramatsu · Sebastian Gomez · Kathryn Wynn · Alexei V. Filippenko · K. Azalee Bostroem · Edo Berger · Peter Blanchard
Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10151-0Observations of a nearby type I superluminous supernova showing oscillating light-curve bumps provide evidence of a centrally located magnetar in the wake of the explosion, surrounded by an infalling accretion disk undergoing Lense–Thirring precession.
11 March 2026 at 08:00

Lense–Thirring precessing magnetar engine drives a superluminous supernova

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds

By: Joseph R. Farah · Logan J. Prust · D. Andrew Howell · Yuan Qi Ni · Curtis McCully · Moira Andrews · Harsh Kumar · Daichi Hiramatsu · Sebastian Gomez · Kathryn Wynn · Alexei V. Filippenko · K. Azalee Bostroem · Edo Berger · Peter Blanchard

11 March 2026 at 08:00

Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10151-0

Observations of a nearby type I superluminous supernova showing oscillating light-curve bumps provide evidence of a centrally located magnetar in the wake of the explosion, surrounded by an infalling accretion disk undergoing Lense–Thirring precession.