An artists's concept of the 2004 occurence in which a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neutron_star&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Neutron star (page does not exist)">neutron star</a> underwent a "star quake", causing it to flare brightly, temporarily blinding all x-ray satellites in orbit.
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