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Magnetar flashes astronomers

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First optical signals spied from dead star.

Astronomers believe they have spotted an aurora around of one of the densest objects in the Universe.

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  1. Stefanescu, A. et al. Nature 455, 503-505 (2008).

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  1. Geoff Brumfiel
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Brumfiel, G. Magnetar flashes astronomers. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.1129

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