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Star bright is an understatement. A dead star called the Vela pulsar epitomized the expression "star bright" after hitting Earth with an energy blast so powerful that scientists can't even explain it.
The well-known Vela Pulsar just broke a record for the highest-energy radiation ever detected from one of these highly magnetized spinning neutron stars.