Magnetar

💫 an exotic type of neutron star [ with masses around 10-25 times the mass of the Sun – eventually collapse and shrink to form very compact objects]

💫 A subset of these neutron stars is the so-called magnetars which possess intense magnetic fields.

💫The field is about 1,000 times stronger than a normal neutron star and about a trillion times stronger than the Earth’s

💫These are highly dense and have breathtakingly high rotation speeds

💫Eruptions in magnetars are believed to be due to instabilities in their magnetosphere, or “starquakes” produced in their crust