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Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988
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Magnetars are the most terrifyingly fascinating objects so far discovered. I'm cool with black holes having the ability to spaghettify me, that makes sense, that's what gravity at an almost infinite scale does. Having something that generates a magnetic field strong enough to dis-associate my molecules I find very disconcerting.
Throw me at one at 0.99c.