In March 2026, a strange ‘chirp’ from a distant dying star proved to be something never seen so clearly before: the birth of a magnetar — a newborn neutron star so magnetic it could wipe every credit card on Earth from halfway to the Moon
For the first time, astronomers have found compelling evidence of a magnetar being born inside a supernova. A magnetar is a neutron star with one of the strongest magnetic fields known in nature…
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