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Spain's National Research Council (CSIC) has completed the first network of robotic telescopes present on the five continents, known as the BOOTES network.
A distant magnetic star erupted, spitting out as much energy as our sun produces in 100,000 years, in just 1/10 of a second, according to study by Spanish scientists.
During the eruption, the magnetar released the energy equivalent to that produced by the Sun in 100,000 years, according to researchers led by the University of Valencia.