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TREMBLEMENT STELLAIRE [1 record]

Record 1 1998-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
CONT

On August 27, a burst of electromagnetic energy smashed against the earth's atmosphere, ripping apart air molecules, disrupting radio communications and knocking a couple of satellites temporarily offline. The source: a starquake of a new kind of celestial object called a magnetar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
OBS

Formé à partir de «tremblement de terre» et «stellaire».

Spanish

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