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  2. Magnetar - Wikipedia

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    Artist's conception of a powerful magnetar in a star cluster. A magnetar is a type of neutron star with an extremely powerful magnetic field (~10 9 to 10 11 T, ~10 13 to 10 15 G). [1] The magnetic-field decay powers the emission of high-energy electromagnetic radiation, particularly X-rays and gamma rays. [2]

  3. Severus Snape - Wikipedia

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    It is while attending the Duelling Club that Harry learns the Expelliarmus spell, which plays a significant role in later books, by seeing Snape use it. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , Snape demonstrates his expertise with potions by brewing the complex Wolfsbane potion for the new Defence ...

  4. List of ancient great powers - Wikipedia

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    Although it was assaulted and militarily overcome on several occasions, it did exist as a stalwart presence from the later 3rd millennium BC to the middle of the 6th century BC. After the fall of the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC, [11] the Babylonian Empire was the most powerful state in the ancient world. Its capital, Babylon, was beautifully ...

  5. SGR 1806−20 - Wikipedia

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    SGR 1806−20 is a magnetar, a type of neutron star with a very powerful magnetic field, that was discovered in 1979 and identified as a soft gamma repeater.SGR 1806−20 is located about 13 kiloparsecs (42,000 light-years) [1] from Earth on the far side of the Milky Way in the constellation of Sagittarius.

  6. Valinor - Wikipedia

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    Centuries later the kingdom of Númenor grows so powerful and so arrogant that Ar-Pharazôn, the twenty-fifth and last king, dares to attempt an invasion of Valinor. When the creator Eru Ilúvatar responds to the call of the Valar, Númenor sinks into the sea, and Aman is removed beyond the reach of the Men of Arda. Arda itself becomes ...

  7. Project Excalibur - Wikipedia

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    This led to new and unexpected effects. It also led to the possibility of designing a bomb specifically to increase the X-ray release, which could be made so powerful the rapid deposit of energy on a metal surface would cause it to explosively vaporize. At ranges on the order of 10 miles (16 km), this would have enough energy to destroy a warhead.

  8. Rare-earth magnet - Wikipedia

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    Ferrofluid on glass, with a rare-earth magnet underneath. A rare-earth magnet is a strong permanent magnet made from alloys of rare-earth elements.Developed in the 1970s and 1980s, rare-earth magnets are the strongest type of permanent magnets made, producing significantly stronger magnetic fields than other types such as ferrite or alnico magnets.

  9. Station of Extreme Light - Wikipedia

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    The laser may be powerful enough to produce matter and antimatter directly from a vacuum [2] (the Schwinger effect). Upon completion, the laser will be the most powerful on Earth, with an instantaneous power 10,000 times the power of all the world's electrical grids combined, and a trillion trillion times more intense than sunlight , albeit ...