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Astronomers have discovered a flare erupting from a highly magnetic dead star outside the solar system for the first time. The magnetar flare lit up the entire Cigar Galaxy in gamma rays.
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stellar remnants called neutron stars that possess immensely strong magnetic fields. Once in a while, they produce enormous erupt.