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What is a magnetar?

What is a magnetar? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (astronomy): A neutron star or pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field, especially those on which starquakes occur, thought to be the source of some gamma-ray bursts.
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As it spins, the magnetar emits regular X-ray and radio pulses.
That extra spin in the progenitor star might have been enough to give the neutron star more magnetic power, making it a magnetar.
The first magnetar candidates were a family of rare and peculiar galactic sources of gamma and X-rays called soft gamma repeaters.
The new study finds that the supernovae are likely powered by the creation of a magnetar, an extraordinarily magnetized neutron star spinning hundreds of times per second.
Light emitted by the hot gas swirling around the black hole passed near this magnetar before reaching us.
One teaspoon of Magnetar weighs the same as the entire population of the planet.

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