A Flare for the Dramatic
This picture might look like a jawbreaker that's been dipped in dental floss, but it actually shows an artist's impression of a very exotic type of neutron star called a “magnetar” — one of the most extreme objects known in the Universe!
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NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
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