No, it is not the title of the next Harry Potter book - but the latest discoveries from NASA's SWIFT mission which is studying gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) - the most powerful explosions occurring in the Universe. Astronomers from the University of Hertfordshire have discovered that some "short" gamma-ray bursts occur much closer to home than previously thought and could result from the tearing and shredding apart of an exotic object called a Magnetar.