What happens when a magnetar meets a black hole?

Although magnetars are incredibly powerful, they would lose the battle with a black hole. Depending on the trajectory of the magnetar, as well as the size and mass of both the magnetar and the black hole, the magnetic monster would be eaten up either whole, or slowly, piece by piece.

What happens when a magnetar dies?

If you were to venture closer to a magnetar than about 600 miles (1,000 km), you would die very quickly. Its magnetic field would destroy your body, tearing away electrons from your atoms and converting you into a cloud of monatomic ions, that is, single atoms without electrons.

Which is stronger black hole or magnetar?

Magnetars vs. "The gravity from the black hole will always be stronger, because the lowest mass black hole is always more massive than the most massive neutron star," Plait says. "[But] the magnetism of the magnetar will be stronger, in general."

Can magnetars become black hole?

The strongest magnets in the universe may have a shorter-than-expected shelf life. Four bright bursts identified earlier this year may be the products of spinning magnetic stars collapsing inward to form black holes.

What if a neutron star collided with a black hole?

When a neutron star meets a black hole that's much more massive, such as the recently observed events, says Susan Scott, an astrophysicist with the Australian National University, "we expect that the two bodies circle each other in a spiral. Eventually the black hole would just swallow the neutron star like Pac-Man."

How long do magnetars last?

about 10,000 years The active life of a magnetar is short. Their strong magnetic fields decay after about 10,000 years, after which activity and strong X-ray emission cease. Given the number of magnetars observable today, one estimate puts the number of inactive magnetars in the Milky Way at 30 million or more.

How many Teslas is a magnetar?

Magnetars are characterized by their extremely powerful magnetic fields of 100 million to 100 billion tesla. These magnetic fields are hundreds of millions of times stronger than any man-made magnet, and quadrillions of times more powerful than the field surrounding Earth.

What can destroy a black hole?

Eventually, in theory, black holes will evaporate through Hawking radiation. But it would take much longer than the entire age of the universe for most black holes we know about to significantly evaporate.

What is a white black hole?

White holes are theoretical cosmic regions that function in the opposite way to black holes. Just as nothing can escape a black hole, nothing can enter a white hole. White holes were long thought to be a figment of general relativity born from the same equations as their collapsed star brethren, black holes.

What is the strongest magnetar?

Just how powerful is a Magnetar?

• Earth's magnetic field, which causes your compass needles to spin = 0.6 Gauss.
• Common commercial magnets = ~100 Gauss.
• Sunspots, the most magnetic regions of the Sun = 3,000 Gauss.
• MRI scanners = Up to 70,000 Gauss.
• The strongest magnetic field ever produced in labs on Earth = 450,000 Gauss.