It is incomprehensible for me to imagine anything having such density and gravity as a quark or neutron star..and yes, I always imagined them huge, not tiny. I'm learned now. So, question...how the heck does a magnetar come to be so magnetic? Thanks!
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It's thought that the dynamo mechanism at the stars core before it collapses conserves energy as it shrinks, which serves to multiply the field exponentially
Got it! The road to becoming a pulsar. Fascinating stuff. Thank you!