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We saw one of the most powerful magnets in the Universe come to life – and our theories can’t quite explain it

  • Written by: Marcus Lower, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO
We saw one of the most powerful magnets in the Universe come to life – and our theories can’t quite explain itArtist’s impression of a magnetar. Carl Knox, OzGrav/Swinburne University of Technology

After a decade of silence, one of the most powerful magnets in the universe suddenly burst back to life in late 2018. The reawakening of this “magnetar”, a city-sized star named XTE J1810-197 born from a supernova explosion, was an incredibly...

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