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Loading contentA sudden, tiny speed-up in a pulsar's otherwise steadily slowing rotation, followed by a gradual relaxation. Glitches are thought to be caused by the sudden transfer of angular momentum from a superfluid deep inside the neutron star to its solid crust, giving a rare window onto matter at supernuclear density.
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