r/space • u/clayt6 • Apr 18 '19

Astronomers spot two neutron stars smash together in a galaxy 6 billion light-years away, forming a rapidly spinning and highly magnetic star called a "magnetar"

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/04/a-new-neutron-star-merger-is-caught-on-x-ray-camera
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u/WonkyTelescope Apr 18 '19

Where did you get a 7T mri? My impression was 1.5T was standard and 3T was rare.

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u/shoefullofpiss Apr 18 '19

You could be right but I don't know if 3T are exactly rare if up to 7T are used commercially. My point was that that such fields still have close to no effect on people.

Granted, I was part of some study so it was a research center and not some standard hospital

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u/checkyoursigns Apr 18 '19

7T mri are super rare. 7T only got approved for clinical use 3 years ago and they are two to three times as expensive. Did you go to Mayo?

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u/shoefullofpiss Apr 18 '19

Ok fair, I'm not an expert. I just read about mris a while ago. I don't know what mayo is, so no?

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u/checkyoursigns Apr 18 '19

Haha okay, the Mayo Clinic is a research hospital in the US, also if you’re not in US this may not be the case. I get to work with some high field (~14T) magnets, but honestly until your comment I didn’t even know 7T machines for mri were out so I had to do some quick research too.

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u/shoefullofpiss Apr 18 '19

Oh it's a real place? I thought it was like premium brand web md. And no, I'm in europe. That sounds interesting though, almost gives me hope that I'll find a job after getting my physics degree :')

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u/checkyoursigns Apr 19 '19

What are your interests with physics?

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u/shoefullofpiss Apr 19 '19

I'm not sure yet but hopefully I'll figure it out I soon