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By expelling energy and matter into space, neutron stars contribute to the formation of new generations of stars, according to a study led by the University of Southampton.
The mysterious object was found by astronomers from Curtin University in Australia while they were mapping radio waves in the universe using the Murchison Widefield Array telescope in the outback.
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.
The outburst was picked up by telescopes as a blue flash from the spiral arm of a galaxy, 200 million light years away from Earth, according to researchers from Massachusets Institute of Technology.