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Scientists discover ‘highly unusual’ slow-spinning star The star, identified using a unique telescope, challenges existing models of neutron star behavior.

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The snowy rollers are a somewhat unusual weather phenomenon, said Megan Varcie, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in White Lake, Mich.