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Magnetar wobble could power the universe's brightest supernovae

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Source: Nature
Magnetar wobble could power the universe's brightest supernovae
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Observations of an ultra-bright supernova suggest a wobbling magnetar engine, caused by Lense–Thirring precession, could explain why some supernovae are 10–100 times brighter than expected.

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