Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae

Magnetars—the universe's spinning magnetic monsters—are now linked to superluminous supernovae by dragging spacetime itself, a finding that rewrites the textbook on how the biggest stellar explosions happen. This phenomenon, called frame-dragging, generates energy 10 times greater than than the average supernova, with magnetic fields exceeding 10^15 Gauss. It outperforms #4 in cosmic significance, as it explains 30% of all superluminous events previously attributed to exotic physics. The result, based on simulations from the Max Planck Institute, turns a 2026 debate into a solved mystery.