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Mysterious X-ray flashes traced to cataclysmic stellar mergers

Original: Enigmatic flashes of x-rays in the sky may come from the catastrophic merger of two stars, creating an ultra-dense and u

Astronomers report that enigmatic flashes of X-rays in the sky may come from the catastrophic merger of two stars, producing an ultra-dense, ultra-magnetic remnant known as a magnetar. The findings emerged from a collaboration between Chinese and European science missions, and are drawing attention among space researchers and enthusiasts discussing what the discovery reveals about how magnetars form.

Why now: New research suggesting stellar mergers create magnetars, based on a Chinese-European mission collaboration, is fresh science news.

magnetarChinese space science missionsEuropean Space Agency

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• Enigmatic flashes of x-rays in the sky may come from the catastrophic merger of two stars, creating an ultra-dense and ultra-magnetc remnant called a magnetar. The finding come from another kind of merger, one of Chinese & EU science missions. https://www.… · coreyspowell · 13

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