Astronomers in Australia have announced the discovery of a pulsating radio source in the Galaxy unlike anything seen before. The object, which lies relatively nearby at a distance of just 4,000 light-years, was giving off huge bursts of energy, each lasting for about a minute, every 18 minutes.

Ref: Hurley-Walker, N., Zhang, X., Bahramian, A. et al. A radio transient with unusually slow periodic emission. Nature 601, 526–530 (2022). [ Ссылка ]

Image credits: Natasha Hurley-Walker (ICRAR/Curtin), Pete Wheeler, ICRAR, Stellarium

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