Physicists predicted in 1936 that a powerful magnetic field could turn empty space into a kind of prism — and on August 5, 2026, observations of a magnetar with a field more than a trillion times Earth’s produced the strongest evidence yet that they were

Newsylist Editorial Desk. (2026, August 31, 2026). Physicists predicted in 1936 that a powerful magnetic field could turn empty space into a kind of prism — and on August 5, 2026, observations of a magnetar with a field more than a trillion times Earth’s produced the strongest evidence yet that they were : Why it's trending. Newsylist. https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-31/physicists-predicted-in-1936-that-a-powerful-magnetic-field-could-turn-empty

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  title = {{Physicists predicted in 1936 that a powerful magnetic field could turn empty space into a kind of prism — and on August 5, 2026, observations of a magnetar with a field more than a trillion times Earth’s produced the strongest evidence yet that they were }},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-31/physicists-predicted-in-1936-that-a-powerful-magnetic-field-could-turn-empty},
  note = {Tracked across 5 independent newsrooms}
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> According to Newsylist Editorial Desk ([Physicists predicted in 1936 that a powerful magnetic field could turn empty space into a kind of prism — and on August 5, 2026, observations of a magnetar with a field more than a trillion times Earth’s produced the strongest evidence yet that they were ](https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-31/physicists-predicted-in-1936-that-a-powerful-magnetic-field-could-turn-empty)), this event was corroborated across 5 independent sources with a live velocity of 4.