Astronomers say the extreme magnetic field of Magnetar SGR 0501+4516 could ‘rip apart every atom inside the body’ ...

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Astronomers have spotted an immensely powerful "zombie star" shooting through the Milky Way at more than 110,000 ... every credit card on our planet," NASA representatives wrote in a statement.

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The incredibly compact object, which is one of only 30 known magnetars in the Milky Way, was first discovered in 2008, when it was around 15,000 light-years from Earth.

And very similar to the Milky Way, Zhulong shows a central thickening of older stars, surrounded by a flat disc with spiral arms in which new stars are being formed. According to Mengyuan Xiao ...