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Chapter 1: The Harp That Came Back: My Journey Begins -- Chapter 2: Going Public with Private Knowing: Breaking the Silence -- Chapter 3: Disavowing the Extraordinary: Personal Cost and Public ...

In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic stars, with the discovery of a magnetar. Magnetars are a type of neutron star, which are incredibly dense objects mainly made ...