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Fermi spots gamma rays from a newborn magnetar

NASA’s Fermi gamma-ray telescope has finally caught something theorists have chased for nearly two decades: gamma rays from the birth of a magnetar inside a superluminous supernova. The target, SN 2017egm, is one of the nearest events of its kind, and the new analysis gives the strongest evidence yet that these ultra-bright explosions can be […]