@pitochk: Imagine a star the size of a small city, yet with a mass comparable to the Sun. Now imagine it surrounded by a magnetic field so powerful that nothing we can create on Earth comes remotely close. This is a magnetar. When a massive star reaches the end of its life, its core can collapse into an incredibly dense neutron star. In some cases, it is born with an extreme magnetic field - trillions of times stronger than Earth’s. And this is where things get fascinating. Such an intense field can completely change how matter behaves around the star. Even atoms can become distorted, stretching along the direction of the magnetic field. Magnetars aren’t always quiet either. Stress can build inside their crust until it suddenly shifts, releasing an enormous amount of energy in a brilliant burst that can travel across the galaxy. That’s one of the things I love most about space: sometimes the things that sound the most impossible aren’t science fiction at all. They really exist somewhere among the stars. #Magnetar #Space #Astronomy #NeutronStar #edit

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