Cosmic Supermagnet Spreads Mysterious 'Morse Code'
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 08:28
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have discovered mysterious pulses that are being emitted by an extremely magnetic star. The magnetic star, a magnetar, emits the pulses as very high energy X-rays. Sometimes observations confirm a scientific theory perfectly, yet at other times telescopes bring completely new phenomena to light.
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