Creation of a Magnetar Or Some Other Strange Phenomenon Just Seen

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Published on November 14, 2020 10:00:03 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwcdiY_BEy4

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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the detection of an unusually bright flash that may have been caused by a new phenomenon.
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.08593.pdf
Event description: https://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/grb_table/200522A/
Press release: https://keckobservatory.org/sgrb-kilonova
Other magnetars: http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~pulsar/magnetar/main.html

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