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University of California-Berkeley: Astronomers Capture Birth of a Magnetar, Confirming Link to Some of Universe's Brightest Exploding Stars
March 11, 2026
BERKELEY, California, March 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Berkeley campus issued the following news release:

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Astronomers capture birth of a magnetar, confirming link to some of universe's brightest exploding stars

A UC Berkeley theorist proposed that highly magnetized, spinning neutron stars were the power source behind superluminous supernovae. A recent supernova provided the smoking gun.

By Robert Sanders

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