NASA's X-ray space telescope IXPE has made the first observation of polarized light emerging from an outbursting magnetar, neutron stars that possess the universe's strongest magnetic fields.

Super-magnetic dead star throws a violent temper tantrum as NASA X-ray spacecraft looks on

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