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Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988
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[Googles name of object.] 2nd result:
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Just because some random Google result says it’s a magnetar doesn’t make it true. Considering the team that discovered it doesn’t make that claim and as far as I’m aware no one else has looked at this particular star, I think it unlikely that there’s a definitive, widely accepted explanation.
This is why I don't trust Google excerpt results or Ai answers despite being widely accepted. They miss nuance
These days I feel like they're flat out wrong nearly a third of the time
Throw me at one at 0.99c.
That's the most likely answer, but they're not certain. As they don't even have a solid theory of how a star can spin so slowly and still be this active.