Highly magnetic dead star launches mysterious blast of energy 

 Though magnetars and pulsars are two distinct types of neutron stars, astronomers have spotted a magnetar mimicking a pulsar after launching a mysterious blast of intense radiation. 

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https://www.space.com/pulsar-dead-star-magnetar-energy-blast