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Topic: magnetar

An artist's impression of a magnetar (illustration)
Science
Monday, 7/6, 07:30 PM

Astronomers Say They Have Watched a Magnetar Being Born

  • Researchers say they have found the first direct sign of a magnetar, one of the most magnetic objects in the universe, forming in the wreckage of an exploding star.
  • A strange, quickening flicker in the supernova's light gave it away, and matching it required Einstein's theory of gravity.

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