For more than a decade, astronomers have been experiencing rapid radio explosions, brief explosions of radio waves, often coming from distant galaxies. During the same period, scientists discovered high-energy neutrinos, ghost particles coming from outside the Milky Way, and their origin is unknown. A new theory suggests that two mysterious signals may come from a cosmic source: highly active and magnetized neutron stars called magnetars. If true, it may fill in the details of how quickly radio explosions...
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