Astronomers have been scratching their heads: why do some cosmic radio signals repeat while others don't? The answer lies with lopsided magnetars. If Earth were that uneven, we'd be tossed around like on a broken carousel. But it's this wonkiness that hides the gravitational echo from our instruments.
🎯 The most powerful known magnetar releases more energy in a tenth of a second than the Sun does in 100,000 years.