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Detailed explanation-1: -The magnetar J1818. 0-1607 can be seen in this composite image. X-rays from Chandra reveal the object and data from the Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer taken before the discovery show the wide field of view.

Detailed explanation-2: -VT 1137-0337 is a very young neutron star, and quite possibly as young as 14.

Detailed explanation-3: -A magnetar is a neutron star with an unusually strong magnetic field. Astronomers have spotted magnetars elsewhere in the universe, but they’ve never before seen one being born. This time, researchers suspected they’d spotted a newborn magnetar because of an unusual pattern of flashing light.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is this? Swift J1818. 0-1607 was discovered by astronomers at NASA and the European Space Agency. Together, they revealed the youngest neutron star.

Detailed explanation-5: -Magnetars are a type of neutron star, an incredibly dense object mainly made up of tightly packed neutron, which forms from the collapsed core of a massive star during a supernova. What sets magnetars apart from other neutron stars is that they also have the most powerful known magnetic fields in the universe.