What is a magnetar? And a starquake? Javier Coronado, PhD student at the IFT, explains these concepts and how they relate to life on Earth and... to our bank credit cards.

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Animation supernova
Credit: Into the universe with Stephen Hawking. Discovery Channel
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Animation pulsar
Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Ghosts:
Drawing by Álvaro de Rújula

Image starquake
Credit: NASA
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