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X-ray satellites catch magnetar in gigantic stellar 'hiccup'
04-04-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)Astronomers using data from several X-ray satellites have caught a magnetar – the remnant of a massive star with an incredibly strong magnetic field – in a sort of giant cosmic blench.
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