Eruption of mega-magnetic star lights up nearby galaxy (IMAGE)

Université de Genève

Eruption of mega-magnetic star lights up nearby galaxy

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Artist's impression of a magnetar. Magnetars are the cosmic objects with the strongest magnetic fields ever measured in the Universe.

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