Astronomers Detect Mysterious Radio Signal Repeating Every 18 Minutes From Deep Space
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Nature Astronomy
Researchers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have detected a signal repeating every 17 minutes and 51 seconds from a source 4,000 light-years away. The pulse pattern doesn't fit known neutron stars or pulsars, leaving its origin unexplained. The team has ruled out human-made interference and is calling for follow-up observations.
Either we're seeing a new class of stellar object, or our models of dead stars are incomplete.
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Similar long-period transients were first detected in 2022, but the regularity and…
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