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Astrophysicists Ponder Giant Cosmic Hiccup

The Westerlund 1 magnetar in the Ara constellation, about 15,000 light-years away, has been observed spewing out X-rays in a kind of massive cosmic belch. What caused the event has astrophysicists scratching their heads, and is likely to be added to the already lengthy list of weird magnetar behaviors. Like neutron stars, magnetars are the […]

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