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Animation showing a wide view of SGR 1830, a magnetar that underwent an outburst in October 2020. NICER measurements from the first day of the event show that the X-ray emission exhibited three close peaks with every rotation. Astronomers think the triple peak occurred when three individual surface regions much hotter than their surroundings spun into and out of our view from Earth. NICER tracked the magnetar nearly every day for more than a month. Over that time, the hot spots dimmed, drifted relative to each other, and two even merged – a phenomenon not seen before. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab || 02_MAGNETAR_Wide_view_BlipOnly_Still.png (1920x1080) [2.3 MB] || 02_MAGNETAR_Wide_view_BlipOnly_Still_print.jpg (1024x576) [44.5 KB] || 02_MAGNETAR_Wide_view_BlipOnly_Still_searchweb.png (320x180) [52.6 KB] || 02_MAGNETAR_Wide_view_BlipOnly_Still_thm.png (80x40) [4.4 KB] || 02_MAGNETAR_Wide_view_BlipOnly_ProRes_1920x1080_2997.mov (1920x1080) [502.4 MB] || 02_MAGNETAR_Wide_view_BlipOnly_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [36.0 MB] || 02_MAGNETAR_Wide_view_BlipOnly_web.webm (1920x1080) [3.5 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/02_Magnetar_Wide_BlipOnly1/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB]

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