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A visualization of a magnetar with tilted accretion disk and energetic polar jets.

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Joseph Farah and Curtis McCully of LCO

A spinning magnetar twists space-time itself, causing the disk of material around it to wobble and produce the ultra-bright flashes of this peculiar kind of supernova.

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KITP Director David Gross Wins Nobel Prize in Physics

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UCSB Physicist Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Search for Dark Matter Intensifies

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UCSB Physicist Wins Prestigious European Award

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UCSB Astrophysicist Has Theory Supported by NASA Observations

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