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Robert Lea

One of the universe's most 'extreme' dead stars just sprang back to life unexpectedly

An artist's impression of an erupting magnetar.

The universe's most extreme stars just got a little bit more unexpected and mysterious. 

Scientists were astounded when they witnessed a "dead" neutron star with one of the most powerful magnetic fields in the cosmos unexpectedly spring back to life. The reactivation of this highly magnetic neutron star or "magnetar" doesn't conform to the current understanding of these exotic celestial objects.

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