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Astronomers May Have Just Detected a New Magnetar! – ScienceAlert
A new discovery could soon be raising the total number of confirmed magnetars to 25.

A new discovery could soon be raising the total number of confirmed magnetars to 25.
On 3 June, a brief X-ray burst close to the galactic plane caught the attention of the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT). Follow-up observation and analysis seem to confirm that it was emitted by a previously unknown magnetar, now named Swift J1555.2-5402.
Given how few magnetars we have identified within the Milky Way, any new addition has the potential to vastly increase our understanding of these mysterious objects.
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