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“A Magnetar Is Born”: Supercomputer Simulates One of the Universe’s Most Violent Collisions


A black hole isn’t the only possible outcome when neutron stars collide: simulations suggest some mergers can create the extreme magnetic fields of magnetars in milliseconds.

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