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ScienceDaily: Cosmic Rays News

ScienceDaily: Cosmic Rays News


Hidden population of exotic neutron stars

Posted: 23 May 2013 08:25 AM PDT

Magnetars -- the dense remains of dead stars that erupt sporadically with bursts of high-energy radiation -- are some of the most extreme objects known in the Universe. A major campaign using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other satellites shows magnetars may be more diverse -- and common -- than previously thought.

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