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Loading contentA neutron star with an extraordinarily powerful magnetic field, the strongest known in the Universe.
Magnetars have magnetic fields a thousand times stronger than ordinary neutron stars, powering intense bursts of X-rays and gamma rays. Some are linked to fast radio bursts.
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