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The biggest bang Astronomers have detected the brightest ever event from outside our Solar System. The event occurred on 27 December last year and was so powerful that it was seen over a wide range of wavelengths by a number of space-based and ground-based telescopes. The event was brightest at gamma-ray wavelengths and has been linked to a magnetar - a spinning neutron star with a strong magnetic field - called SGR 1806-20 in the constellation Sagittarius about 50,000 light years away.
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