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A record-breaking X-ray flash may reveal the birth of a magnetar
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Astronomers have found strong evidence that some mysterious, minutes-long X-ray flashes are produced when two neutron stars collide and create a magnetar. One record-setting event glowed in X-rays for nearly 10 minutes, potentially opening a new way to find these extreme cosmic mergers.
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A record-breaking X-ray flash may reveal the birth of a magnetar
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